3-1-10
Target: Socratic Seminar (Introduction)
Students will work on understanding the following concepts of a Socratic Seminar.
* Dialogue vs. Debate
* The elements of Socratic Seminars
* The role of the "Leader"
* The role of the participants.
* Seminar Guidelines
Students will examine an article and work on developing questions that fit into a Socratic Seminar. Students will work on questions that create dialogue and not just debate. They will work on questions that encourage collaboration and understanding. These questions should be open ended in nature.
3-2-10
Target: Tutorials
3-3-10
Target: Students will review the roles of a Socratic Seminar and focus on the group guidelines. Using the question students developed on Monday, modifications will be made to place each of their questions into one of three groups.
*Opening Questions
*Core Questions
*Closing Questions
Open ended questions are essential for success and student will learn to categorize their questions.
3-4-10
Target: Tutorials
3-5-10
Fish Bowl Socratic Seminar
Target: Students will break up into two groups, inner circle and an outer circle. Students in the inner circle will participate in the discussion and student on the outside will observe. Any student on the inner circle can move to the outer circle and any student on the outer circle can move to the inner circle. Every student on the outside at some point needs to try to participate in the discussion.
Target: Socratic Seminar (Introduction)
Students will work on understanding the following concepts of a Socratic Seminar.
* Dialogue vs. Debate
* The elements of Socratic Seminars
* The role of the "Leader"
* The role of the participants.
* Seminar Guidelines
Students will examine an article and work on developing questions that fit into a Socratic Seminar. Students will work on questions that create dialogue and not just debate. They will work on questions that encourage collaboration and understanding. These questions should be open ended in nature.
3-2-10
Target: Tutorials
3-3-10
Target: Students will review the roles of a Socratic Seminar and focus on the group guidelines. Using the question students developed on Monday, modifications will be made to place each of their questions into one of three groups.
*Opening Questions
*Core Questions
*Closing Questions
Open ended questions are essential for success and student will learn to categorize their questions.
3-4-10
Target: Tutorials
3-5-10
Fish Bowl Socratic Seminar
Target: Students will break up into two groups, inner circle and an outer circle. Students in the inner circle will participate in the discussion and student on the outside will observe. Any student on the inner circle can move to the outer circle and any student on the outer circle can move to the inner circle. Every student on the outside at some point needs to try to participate in the discussion.
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