Notes from a PD provided in house on Socratic Seminars: 2/ 22
Background to Socratic Seminars
*activities in class are usually teacher centered *teacher knows the answer, students are guessing at the "mystery"
*question is usually "what will we be doing today?", but should be, "what will students learn today?"
-two design models: teacher performance centered OR student learning centered
-teachers are more & more evaluated on student learning
*student-learning centered model focuses on: thinking they do, skills they develop, and what they'll learn
- facilitated by calling for factual recall -> interpretation and analysis -> requiring
synthesis and evaluation
- easy way to start out by asking, "why do you think...?"
*Replace "what is?" with "what if?"
Socratic Seminar- Basics
*three ways: 1) whole group, 2) small group 3) inner group, outer group (outer group observes)
*establish basics of seminar: a. respect, b. listening, c. direct eye contact w/ names
*prior to seminar: given them a piece of reading. then offer open-ended questions (how would... what would happen if...),
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