Café Conversation is a collaborative discussion strategy, adapted from the Café Technology concept, engages participants in open dialogue about those ideas and questions that are critical to discuss at any given point in time. Where Café Technology relies on the group to determine the content and structure of the work, Café Conversation provides much more scaffolding, sometimes necessary for students who are unaccustomed to managing their own dialogue.
Café Conversations are focused on global guiding questions - usually related to specific content, but focused on large concepts and ideas, rather than discrete facts. When first using Café Conversations, teachers should determine the focus of discussion and the guiding questions for that discussion. As students become more adept at managing their own dialogue, they should also be engaged in developing topics and guiding questions for discussion.
From The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning
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