ABSTRACT
The teacher's skill and craft in conducting an interactive discussion is the key to that enriched intellectual experience. Class discussions are not alien to teachers. They come in all sizes and shapes, and are seen at all levels of the educational hierarchy. The bases for interactive teaching are numerous and varied, and limited only by imagination and inventiveness. Teachers who are comfortable with the elevation of uncertainty, who have a higher tolerance for dissonance, who see productivity in not knowing and counter-productivity in absolute closure, are more likely to consider interactive teaching. If teachers are considering the alternative of using interactive teaching in their subject areas, it is well for them to consider the caveats as well as the potential rewards of such choice. Interactive teaching feeds students' and teachers' sense of empowerment. Students gain in self-confidence and in heightened personal autonomy.
