10:45 AM ON FEB 9 2009: matt: It's
like a Socratic lesson: old dude questions kindle, young dude schools him.
You can also follow a structured discussion format
like the Socratic Seminar.
I generally agree that teachers are best positioned to lead cognitively challenging activities
like Socratic seminars, deep reading, and math talk.
Some teaching approaches,
like the Socratic seminar, ask students to prepare questions on the readings as part of their homework.
For group discussions,
like Socratic seminars or fishbowl discussions, group students in the middle of the classroom.
Not exact matches
This is the well - known
Socratic definition of sin, which,
like everything
Socratic, is an opinion always worthy of attention.
Like Archimide's Principle, the Pythagoean therom, the
Socratic method?
«Elaborate more on what actually happened instead of the
Socratic seminar [debrief] because I would've
liked to know more concrete details.»
I used
Socratic questioning to probe his comprehension, and to get him to critically think through topics
like combustion, friction, and timing.
For example, could a video of a law professor using the
Socratic method to humiliate a student (
like this) make its rounds on the Web?
(1) There is no evidence that the «
Socratic Method» is a particularly effective pedagogical method; (2) Unlike other disciplines, the vast majority of law professors have no experience teaching, nor any education on how to effectively teach, prior to becoming law professors; (3) Using final essay exams for 100 % of a students mark, then distributing the grades on a curve, is, to be charitable, not the best way of accurately assessing and representing to future employers students» grasp of the subject matter; (4)» Teaching students to think
like a lawyer», to the extent anyone even knows what that is supposed to mean, is made difficult by the fact that most tenured law professors have little if any real experience in the practice of law themselves.
Here's some other links: on the Volokh Conspiracy here — which includes links to posts on the «how to think
like a lawyer» mantra; one whose heading is «why does the
Socratic Method upset people so much ``; and two to relevant essays on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: here and here.
Certain students will react more negatively than others to the
Socratic Method and on - demand public speaking scenarios
like the first - year oral argument program, based upon their psychological makeup.154 This subset of a given law school student body might experience serious psychological and physiological manifestations155 of stress and anxiety.