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    The Socratic Classroom

    Reflective Thinking Through Collaborative Inquiry

    Sarah Davey Chesters (2012)

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    Introduction

    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 ...

    Sarah Davey Chesters in The Socratic Classroom (2012)

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    Socratic Pedagogy

    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...

    Sarah Davey Chesters in The Socratic Classroom (2012)

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    Who Cares? Tensions and Confl icts from the Field of Teacher Education

    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...

    Susanne Garvis, Sarah Davey Chesters, Rachael Dwyer in Whisperings from the Corridors (2012)

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    Socratic Pedagogy and Classroom Practice

    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...

    Sarah Davey Chesters in The Socratic Classroom (2012)

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    Creative Engagement

    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 ...

    Sarah Davey Chesters in The Socratic Classroom (2012)

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    Pedagogical Care

    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...

    Sarah Davey Chesters in The Socratic Classroom (2012)

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    An Emerging Pedagogy

    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...

    Sarah Davey Chesters in Whisperings from the Corridors (2012)

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    Socratic Pedagogy

    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...

    Sarah Davey Chesters in The Socratic Classroom (2012)

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    Develo** the Socratic Classroom

    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...

    Sarah Davey Chesters in The Socratic Classroom (2012)

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    Creative Engagement

    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,...

    Sarah Davey Chesters in The Socratic Classroom (2012)