Leading Discussions

On Wednesdays, we will engage in a discussion of the week's readings. Each week two students will be assigned to lead the discussion that week. Prior to the class, the two "presenters" should meet together to identify the most important issues and questions raised in the week's readings. You should also carefully read all of the memos written that week and incorporate them into your presentation. Your presentation should last only 10-15 minutes and in it you should identify what the important issues are, give some examples of situations in which these issues come up, talk about author's arguments about these issues, and identify some areas of critique -- what have the authors missed or where have they gone astray? It is not your task to solve these issues, merely to introduce them in an interesting way to encourage further conversation about them. You should also develop a list of follow-up questions to turn to when the conversation seems to stall, becomes redundant, or gets completely off track.