----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Might I suggest a pedagogy reading to go with Susan's excellent approach? *Teaching with your Mouth Shut* by Donald L. Finkel, Boynton/Cook, Portsmouth NH, 2000. The short of it is that this book is full of wonderful ideas about doing just what the title says, which mostly involves the sort of exercises (or conceptual workshops, as he calls them) that Susan describes. This is a book that has transformed my teaching in a number of ways, and I strongly recommend it to those with an interest in alternative pedagogies. Steve Horwitz ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]