The Socratic Classroom
Reflective Thinking Through Collaborative Inquiry
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This book, simply put, explores the potential of Socratic pedagogy as an effective educational strategy that develops the social and intellectual capacities for active citizenship in a democratic society. The ...
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This book, simply put, explored the potential of Socratic pedagogy as an effective educational strategy for develo** the social and intellectual capacities and skills for active citizenship in a democratic s...
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In Australia, teacher education is characterised by ever-increasing regulation, from teacher registration bodies, government policy directives, and university administration and procedures (Grossman and McDona...
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As a result of current innovations and reforms in education, teachers are increasingly required to adopt new approaches to teaching and learning, with emphasis on curriculum integration and new pedagogies to f...
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The idiom, ‘philosophy begins in wonder’, attributed to Socrates, does not mean idle curiosity but the seriousness of purpose of a puzzled mind as it sets out on a philosophical journey; a life of questioning ...
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Remember the three friends talking together at a café. I used this scenario in Chapter 1 to distinguish between dialogue and mere conversation. Let us now revisit the concept of dialogue. The three friends eng...
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Marshall Gregory (2001) argues that the primary vehicle through which pre-service teachers learn about pedagogy is through their own experiences of pedagogy in their tertiary classes. Their lived experiences, not...
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To most of us, conversation comes naturally. It is something we do every day; from fleeting exchanges at the supermarket, to inconsequential remarks aimed at filling up the routine morning greetings when we ar...
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Much of education is focused on the achievement of certain basic skills and knowledge. This focus can be attributed to a commonly held view of education that raising the general level of IQ of children through...
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Education is generally focused on achieving certain basic skills, rather than on the potential that might be achieved through the development of thinking and its improvement. As the previous chapter indicated,...