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Socratic Seminar

Socratic Seminar. How to do a shared inquiry reading. What is a Socratic Seminar?. A form of inquiry and debate between individuals with opposing viewpoints based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas.

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Socratic Seminar

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  1. Socratic Seminar How to do a shared inquiry reading

  2. What is a Socratic Seminar? • A form of inquiry and debate between individuals with opposing viewpoints based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas. • Dialectic Method -Dialogue between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject, who wish to establish the truth of the matter by dialogue, with reasonable and thought-out arguments. • Not a debate where the speaker has one side and wants the other to agree with them.

  3. What will you do? • Prereading questions • Prepare to consider the text thoughtfully • Is there a word or phrase in the prereading question that needs to be explained or defined? • Is there some personal experience or a more general example that you can use to illustrate your answer? • What are some possible exceptions or different answers that you would like to point out? How might someone disagree with your answer? • Read the story • Write your own interpretive questions • Draw connections to become more aware of the interpretive issues • Use supporting evidence for your opinion

  4. Rules for a socratic seminar • • Don’t raise hands • • Listen carefully • • Address one another respectfully • • Base any opinions on the text • • Address comments to the group (no side conversations) • • Use sensitivity to take turns and not interrupt others

  5. The two brothers • Example of interpretive question: • Why does the younger brother believe the message on the stone and the elder brother mistrust it?

  6. “Harrisionbergeron” • The passage • “You been crying? He said to Hazel. • “Yup,” she said. • “What about?” he said • “I forget,” she said. “Something real sad on television.” • Some see this as tragic, some see as humorous. How do you see this and why?

  7. Conducting shared inquiry discussion • The leader of shared inquiry is a fellow inquirer. • Lead slowly • Listen carefully to your students’ comments. • Use seating chart regularly to note ideas. • Encourage students to talk to one another. • Relate ideas to each other and to the basic question. • Turn to the text frequently. • Be open to challenges to any assumptions in your questions. • Give everyone a chance to contribute. • Ask follow-up questions often.

  8. Rules for socratic seminar • • Don’t raise hands • • Listen carefully • • Address one another respectfully • • Base any opinions on the text • • Address comments to the group (no side conversations) • • Use sensitivity to take turns and not interrupt others

  9. Be courageous in presenting your own thoughts and reasoning, but be flexible and willing to change your mind in the face of new and compelling evidence

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