Enquiring minds : Socratic dialogue in education

Abstract

CONTENTS: Part 1 - The Socratic Method and education: 1. Introduction 2. Socratic Dialogue and self-directed learning 3. Theory and practice of Socratic Dialogue. Part 2 - Experience in schools: 4. The challenge of Socratic Dialogue in education 5. Socratic Dialogue in teaching ethics and philosophy: organisational issues 6. Experiences with Socratic Dialogue in primary schools 7. Socratic Dialogue - my first experience 8. Experiences with Socratic Dialogue in secondary schools 9. 'We had to think for ourselves' - using Socratic Dialogue in mathematics lessons in a secondary school 10. Socratic Dialogue in philosophy teaching in the sixth form. Part 3 - Theory in relation to practice: 11. The Socratic approach at school level: four models 12. Six pedagogical measures and Socratic facilitation 13. The Socratic Method. Appendix 1: Organisations offering Socratic activities. Appendix 2: Socratic Dialogue - procedures and rules. Appendix 3: Literature survey on Socratic Dialogue by Fernando Leal. Appendix 4. Original sources.

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