1st Edition
Teach Like Socrates Guiding Socratic Dialogues and Discussions in the Classroom (Grades 7-12)
By Erick Wilberding
Copyright 2014
162 Pages
by
Prufrock Press
162 Pages
by
Prufrock Press
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What is the Socratic Method? How can we bring the Socratic Method into the middle school and high school classroom? How does a teacher lead a Socratic discussion and develop the discussion skills of students? Using passages from the works of Plato and Xenophon, Teach Like Socrates answers each of these questions, clearly explaining the most famous and the most misunderstood teaching method in... Read more
Introduction The Fourth “R”—Reasoning Chapter 1 “I am a kind of gadfly”: The Life of Socrates Chapter 2 How to Examine Life: The Two Socratic Methods Chapter 3 Be Careful What You Ask For: Preparing a Socratic Dialogue Chapter 4 Take the Students With You: Conducting a Socratic Dialogue Chapter 5 Cultivating Gadflies: Teaching Students the Socratic Method Chapter 6 Searching and Testing: Preparing a Socratic Discussion Chapter 7 Splitting the Education Atom: Conducting a Socratic Discussion Chapter 8 Conclusion: Thinking and Arguing Together References Appendix A Further Reading Appendix B Planning Templates Appendix C Suggestions for Discussion Texts About the Author Common Core State Standards Alignment
Biography
Erick Wilberding is a teacher at an international school in Rome, Italy, with nearly 20 years of teaching experience in middle and high school. He received his doctorate in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University.
