Brookfield's “Discussion as a Way of Teaching”

After reading Brookfield's "Discussion as a Way of Teaching" I found that there were several good techniques suggested to be used in a classroom, but I struggled to see how, as an educator, I would have time to use them in my classroom. I really enjoyed the section titled "Other Techniques for Setting Ground Rules" on page 5 where Brookfield presented Johnson, Johnson, and Smith's T-Chart idea. I can see how the T-chart can be a useful tool for students when it comes to setting ground rules for discussions and what these ground rules looked like. Other than this section, I actually found a lot of the techniques for setting ground rules for discussions to be tough to implement in a classroom. They seem to take quite a bit of time, and time is not something freely given in today's classrooms. I also found that some of the ideas were directed towards classes that have students who actively want to learn, while the classrooms I work in, the students don't actually care about participating. I would have loved to see more ideas on how to engage and get students to take an active part in classroom activities. I do think that this article had a lot of good ideas, but there are still so many different issues and concepts that could have been addressed. I do agree that a discussion is an underutilized tool in today's classrooms, and I would love to see them implemented more. This article brought up some important topics that I think we, as educators, need to address. For example, a particular subject that I would love to see discussed or examples of is how exactly do we find the time to set ground rules for discussions and keep them implemented so that every student actively participates or feels comfortable to speak in class. Are there ways to subtly implement standards and techniques for discussion without wasting time?