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Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond. Socratic Seminar. What is a Socratic Seminar. • A teaching strategy to encourage students to engage in A teaching strategy to encourage students to engage in critical thinking, listening, communicating, and wonder

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Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

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  1. CollapseHow Societies Choose to Fail or Succeedby Jared Diamond Socratic Seminar

  2. What is a Socratic Seminar • A teaching strategy to encourage students to engage in A teaching strategy to encourage students to engage in critical thinking, listening, communicating, and wonder • A forum in which A forum in which students determine the flow of determine the flow of classroom discussion and classroom discussion and teachers serve as facilitators • An atmosphere of intellectual engagement, cooperation, An atmosphere of intellectual engagement, cooperation, and conversation where students learn the difference and conversation where students learn the difference between DIALOGUE and DEBATE between DIALOGUE and DEBATE • The goal is The goal is not to answer questions, but to generate to answer questions, but to generate more questions

  3. Socratic Seminar Rules • Be courteous at all times • Listen while others are talking • Support all comments with evidence from the source • Avoid raising your hand to talk – instead jump in at an appropriate time • When disagreeing with a previous comment, disagree with the idea rather than attack the person • Address the group when talking, not the teacher

  4. Student Responsibility • Asking questions about what I have read, heard, and seen. • Asking for clarification of any passage I have read but which I do not understand. • Being courteous and respectful of my peers. • Pausing and thinking before I respond to the facilitator's questions or to a comment made by a peer. • Giving my opinions clearly. • Making judgments that I can defend with textual evidence • Explaining to others how I have inferred an idea by exploring the passage that has led me to this conclusion. • Locating facts and examples in the text that can be cited as evidence for a particular argument. • Listening attentively and patiently as peers share their ideas. • Listening critically to others' opinions and taking issue with inaccuracies or illogical reasoning. • Searching for connections with previous readings or prior studies. • Exhibiting mature behavior with patience and self-control.

  5. http://www.ted.com/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse.htmlhttp://www.ted.com/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse.html

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