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- Greg Malivuk
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- Homework: read the article at http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4994 and take notes in your preferred style, so you can explain parts of the article tomorrow
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- Exchange your notes with your partner, and then tell the class about some good things and bad things about your own method of taking notes on the article.
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- Socratic Method - discussion about a topic to develop the ideas and critical thinking skills
- critical thinking: actively thinking in more depth about the topic, not just accepting ideas passively (asking questions about the author’s opinion, why the author chose to write certain things, other implications of the text)
- What is Heather Coffey’s opinion of the Socratic method? Does her opinion affect the reliability of the information in the article?
- - Maybe - she didn’t explain any bad sides, only positive things about it
- confirmation bias: you are usually less critical and more willing to believe ideas that confirm what you already think, and you are more critical of ideas that disagree with your beliefs
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- What benefits can a discussion have even if it doesn’t change anyone’s mind?
- - It can help you organize your opinion about a topic.
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- How can the Socratic method be used in the classroom?
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- (When we talk about “text” in general, it can also mean a lecture or a video or anything else.)
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- Can you think of any disadvantages of the Socratic method, or situations where we shouldn’t use it in a class?
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- Homework (optional): choose an article (about anything) and take notes (if you took notes for today, use a different technique for tomorrow).
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