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Title: Socratic


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Socratic Seminars
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The Vision
  • Socrates believed that enabling students to think
    for themselves was more important than filling
    their heads with
    right answers.

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The Vision
  • Participants seek deeper understanding of complex
    ideas through rigorously thoughtful dialogue
    discussion, rather than by memorizing bits of
    information.

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Discussion Dialogue
  • Discussion in the dictionary is "a close
    examination of a subject with interchange of
    opinions, sometimes using argument, in an effort
    to reach an agreement.

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Discussion Dialogue
  • Dialogue is "an interchange of ideas especially
    when open and frank and seeking mutual
    understanding."
  • It is a collective inquiry in which we suspend
    opinions, share openly, and think creatively
    about difficult issues.

Effective groups need to use both dialogue and
discussion
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Dialogue is NOT Debate!
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Debate vs. dialogue
  • Debate...
  • defends thinking to show that it is right
  • calls for investing in ones beliefs
  • searches for weaknesses
  • rebuts contrary positions and may devalue others
  • assumes a single right answer
  • demands a conclusion
  • Dialogue...
  • expects others reflections will improve their
    own thinking
  • is temporarily suspending ones beliefs
  • searches for strengths
  • respects others and seeks not to alienate
  • assumes that cooperation can lead to greater
    understanding
  • remains open-ended

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The TEXT
  • Our text for today is Myths Truths about Rigor
    by Robyn Jackson
  • Number the paragraphs (do not number the intros
    at the tops of each page)
  • We often is 1
  • Rigorous thinking is involved in is 13
  • There is no absolute value for rigor. is 25
  • Read the article, including the intros on each
    page
  • Circle important vocabulary
  • Underline main ideas
  • Use ! by A-Ha statements and a ? by statements
    you would like to learn more about

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What are Socratic Seminars?
  • Usually range from 30-50 minutes
  • An effective
    Socratic Seminar
    creates dialogue
    as opposed to
    debate.

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Dialogue is NOT Debate!
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Four Elements
  • An effective seminar consists of four
    interdependent elements
  • 1. the text being considered
  • 2. the questions raised
  • 3. the seminar leader, and
  • 4. the participants

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The Participants
  • Share responsibility for the quality of the
    seminar.
  • Most effective when participants
  • study the text closely
    in advance
  • listen actively

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The Participants
  • Most effective when participants
  • share their ideas and
    questions in response
    to others
  • search for evidence
    in the text to support
    their ideas

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The TEXT
  • Our text for today is Myths Truths about Rigor
    by Robyn Jackson.
  • Please revisit and review the notes you made
    while reading this article yesterday.

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Tips
  • Respond to the opening question
  • Examine the text to support your answer
  • I agree with but would like to add
  • I disagree withbecause
  • I am confused by

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Wingman Formation
Inner Circle are speakers, referring to the text
in their dialogue. This seat is rotated so that
everyone gets a chance to speak.
Thoughtful dialogue
Outer Circle are wingmen, supporting their
speaker with ideas passed up on stickies or index
cards. OC does not speak.
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The Question
  • An opening question has no right answer
  • For this initial seminar, we will begin with the
    leaders question.

Question Does rigor align with the goals of LEAD
2021? Why or why not? (Think about
differentiation, learning platform, best
practices, etc.)
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Debrief
  • Debrief the topic
  • If you have changed your mind about a particular
    point or issue, what made you change it????
  • Debrief the PROCESS
  • What seminar guidelines were observed?
  • What social skills did the group exhibit?
  • What might the group goal be for the NEXT
    seminar?
  • Socratic Seminar at HMS

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MATH EXAMPLE
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MATH EXAMPLE
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Extensions modifications
  • Depending on the needs of your classes, you may
    want to consider
  • Allowing students to generate and pose their own
    questions
  • Structuring time for triads to discuss other
    questions posed during the seminar
  • Running multiple, student-led seminars at a time
  • Printing sentence stems for ELLs
  • Strategically grouping students in triads and/or
    determining the first inner circle
  • My two cents

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Content Socratic Seminar
  • Discuss with your PLC how this could be used in
    your classrooms
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