I was excited to read about the Socratic Seminar because this was not a teaching model that I had previously learned about. Even though this is a method that I am unfamiliar with, I know feel after reading and partaking in the Socratic Seminar in class that this is a method that I would like to use in my classroom. I teach a section of advanced 6th grade science and my gifted students truly enjoy having discussions over topics, ideas, article readings, etc. I would like to find a higher level article for my students to read about cells, which is our next unit, and have the students discuss questions that I create for the socratic seminar. Before implementing this with my students, I would have to discuss some rules for the Socratic Seminar. I would like to focus on having the students interact in a respectful manner by listening to the other classmates without interrupting (this will be a hard task for my advanced students!).
I will write another post soon to let everyone know how my experience goes with using this method.
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