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The Socratic Method - Coggle Diagram
The Socratic Method
Tips for using this technique
Follow up on student's responses
Ask probing questions
Periodically summarize in writing key points that have been discussed
Draw as many students as possible into the discussion
Let students discover knowledge on their own
Use wait time
Plan significant questions
Dialogue
Meaning
Direction
Types of Socratic questions
Clarification questions
What do you mean by?
Could you put that another way?
Questions about an initial question or issue
Why is this question important?
Why do you think that?
Assumption questions
You seem to be assuming...
Do I understand you correctly?
Reason and evidence questions
What would be an example?
Why do you think this is true?
Origin or source questions
Where did you get that idea?
What caused you to feel that way?
Implication and consequence questions
What effect would that have?
If that happend, what else would happen as a result? Why?
Viewpoint questions
What might someone who believed... think?
How are... and...'s ideas alike? Different?
Stages
1) Wonder
Posing questions
2) Hypothesis
Answer the question
Claim
Opinion
Start dialogue
3) Elenchus
The hypothesis is called into question
The counterexample is given to prove or disapprove the hypothesis
4) Acceptance/rejection of the hypothesis
Participants accept or reject the counterexample
5) Action
Acting on the findings of the inquiry
Key points
Firstly
Inquiry
Modify their original arguments
Secondly
Interactive dialogue
Teacher
Ask questions
Students
Organize their ideas to answer questions
Thirdly
Inductive dialogue
Teacher
1) Leads to reason incorrectly
2) Uses counterexamples to clarify the problem
Teacher's role
Observer
Helper
Guide
What is it?
Disciplined dialogues
Consecuence
Deeper understanding
Concepts being questioned
Increase the quality of learning
Students
Effectiveness
Self-improvement
Techniques of critical thinking
Better learning techniques
Improve critical thinking
Pedagogical approach
Teaching
Categories
Classic
Prepares people to think and to improve themselfs through increased understanding
It is satisfied
Modern
It leads a person step by step and knowledge is gained by more and more questions
Goes deeper
Produce specific knowledge of topics
Questions themselfs
Develop critical thinking
Is never satisfied
Socrates
Famous
Engaging others in conversations
Discussing
Ambiguities
Complexities
Defining broad ideas
Virtue
Beauty
Justice
Courage
Friendship
Relation of the Socratic method with teaching and education