Socratic Circles

Author: Matt Copeland
Edition:
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B001N2ZWNE

Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical And Creative Thinking In Middle And High School

The benefits and importance of Socratic seminars are widely recognized, but little has been written on how to make them happen successfully in the classroom. Download Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical And Creative Thinking In Middle And High School from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. By offering real-world examples and straightforward answers to frequent questions, Matt Copeland has created a coaching guide for both the teacher new to Socratic seminars and the experienced teacher seeking to optimize the benefits of this powerful strategy. Socratic Circles also shows teachers who are familiar with literature circles the many ways in which these two practices complement and extend each other. Effectively implemented, Socratic seminars enhance reading comprehension, listening and speaking skills, and build better classroom community and conflict resolution skills. By giving Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

Socratic Circles Download

Socratic Circles education books for free. By giving

Related education books

The Thinker's Guide to The Art of Socratic Questioning

Socratic questioning is disciplined questioning that can be used to pursue thought in many directions and for many purposes, including: to explore complex ideas, to get to the truth of things, to open up issues and problems, to uncover assumptions, t

Tips for Teaching High School English

In a series of short and pithy chapters, a veteran English teacher with a martini-dry wit shares suggestions for everything from how to get a bee out of your room to how to structure written assignments to severely reduce the chances of plagiarism. A

What's the Big Idea?

"When students' instruction is organized around meaningful, clear questions," writes Jim Burke in What's the Big Idea? "they understand better, remember longer, and engage much more deeply and for greater periods of time." Jim shows how t

Reading Reasons

"Why should I read?" Can your students answer that question? Do they have trouble seeing the importance that reading may have in their lives? Are they lacking motivation, both in academic and recreational reading? Do you think you can effectively tea