Socratic Seminar Prep Socratic Seminars Socratic seminars are

Socratic Seminar Prep

Socratic Seminars § Socratic seminars are group discussions driven by the asking and answering of questions. § Questions should generate discussion, meaning they are more complex than a simple yes or no question § Think analysis based Level 2 Questions and Level 3 Questions

Costa’s Levels of Questioning

Socratic Seminars in this class… Since we have never had a Socratic Seminar, we need to ask ourselves what we envision one looking like. On a sheet of binder paper, answer the following questions in as much detail as possible. Be sure to write for the entire time you are given.

Question 1: § What does a good discussion look like? § What do we, as a class, need to do in order to make sure that we have a good class discussion?

Question 2: § What types of behaviors are appropriate during a classroom discussion? § What are some things that we should, and should not do, while having a classroom discussion?

Question 3: § In your opinion, what makes a question good or bad for a classroom discussion? § How does this translate to writing our own discussion questions?

Question 4: § What are the responsibilities of each member of the class during the classroom discussion? § What do you think the role of the teacher is while the discussion is taking place?

Socratic Seminars in Action! § Now that we have come up with our own guidelines for classroom discussion, let’s see what a Socratic Seminar actually looks like § http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Qx. ZMGK 6 Id. Es § http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=00 v 5 wa. Ih_LQ § http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=p. WLMJc. Ah_hg

Now that we have watched…. § What were some of the positive things you noticed in the video? § What are some of the things that were not so positive that you noticed? § How could the discussion have gone better? § What can we do, to make sure we have a successful Socratic Seminar?