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3.3 Coordinator(s) andmoderation
Inbookclubs, theremustbeat leastonecoordinatorwho is responsible for the
management of the group, including booking themeeting place, selecting the
workstobediscussed(althoughtherearecasesinwhichthebooksarechosenby
theparticipants), keeping the agendaofmeetings, allocating turns to speakon
the day of the meeting, updating the club’s website if there is one, etc. The
coordinator is usually an expert in literature and/or working with groups of
people, andbook clubmembers often give authority to the coordinatorwithin
thegroup.This issometimesusedbythecoordinator to introduce theauthoror
thework tobe studied to thegroupat thebeginningof the session.
In dialogic literary gatherings, there is also a person who is in charge of
moderatingthegroup,butthis taskmayrotateamongthedifferentparticipants,
so it does not need to be the sameperson in everymeeting.When it comes to
discussing thebooks, themoderator is just anothermember andabides by the
samerulesastherestof thegroup.Thewaytoapproachaparticularreadingina
gathering and the taskof themoderator are clear: people ask to speak in turns
and highlight a paragraph, and the moderator notes who they are. The first
personisallowedtospeak,highlightsanidea that is readwiththebookinhand,
indicating thepage andparagraph, anddiscusses it.After this, the coordinator
asksifanyonewantstocommentonwhatthefirstspeakersaid,generatinganew
exchange of views. The coordinator allows the next person to speak and the
process is repeated. The person whomoderates turn-taking makes a note as
participants state they wish to speak. This is a transparent process whereby
respectpervadesthemeetings,allowingthosewhowishtospeaktodosoinorder,
thusavoiding interventionsoverlappingbetween thevariousparticipants.Good
communication is achieved,whichpromotes learning anddiscussionbasedon
arguments.Thisissomethingthatcanbemissingfromsomebookclubmeetings,
because at times twopeople speakat a time, or turn thedebate into apersonal
argument,makingmoderation difficult. In addition, a principle of egalitarian
dialogueholds sway in literary gatherings,whichmeans that preferencewill be
given to thepeoplewhowish to speakbuthave intervened less.However,when
thereare literarygatherings inyoungerstudents’classrooms, thecoordinatorof
theliterarygatheringis logicallytheteacher,althoughitcouldbeastudentinthe
class.
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Über Bücher reden
Literaturrezeption in Lesegemeinschaften
- Title
- Über Bücher reden
- Subtitle
- Literaturrezeption in Lesegemeinschaften
- Author
- Doris Moser
- Editor
- Claudia Dürr
- Publisher
- V&R unipress
- Date
- 2021
- Language
- German
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-7370-1323-9
- Size
- 15.5 x 23.2 cm
- Pages
- 262
- Category
- Lehrbücher