Socratic Seminar 23-24

Which of the following is not true about the origin of the word 'Socratic'?

• The word 'Socratic' comes from the word 'Socrates'.

• 'Socratic' was originally from  a forum of debate among philosophers.

• Socrates is the ancient Greek Philosopher, who came up with the word 'Socratic'.

• In the past, Socrates referred to his method of teaching  related to discussions between students and teachers.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Socratic Seminar?

• The Socratic Seminar is a formal discussion when a group of people meet to discuss something based on the text.

• The purpose of doing the Socratic Seminar is to obtain a deeper understanding about ideas and values in the text.

• Doing the Socratic Seminar can help us learn how to defend our arguments based on facts and literacies.

• In the Socratic Seminar, the participants are given the time to read the text before sharing their ideas.

Which of the following is not one of the purposes of doing the Socratic Seminar?

• To develop students' critical thinking skills

• To achieve a deeper understanding towards ideas and values in the text

• To provide evidence that one's opinion is better than others' opinions

• To explore and evaluate values and ideas in the particular text

In the Socratic Seminar, there are terms called 'Inner Circle Participants' and 'Outer Circle Participants'. Which of the following is TRUE about their roles?

• Inner circle participants are those who discuss and also take notes on the points of the discussion.

• Outer circle participants are in charge of reading the text and having the formal discussion.

• Inner circle participants listen to the others actively and evaluate the others' performance.

• Outer circle participants listen carefully, take notes and evaluate other participants who are discussing.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the rules of the Socratic Seminar?

• Everyone in the Socratic Seminar must listen to and respect others' opinions.

• The participants should not refer to the text when conveying their opinions.

• The participants are not allowed to interrupt others' participants opinions.

• In the Socratic Seminar, the participants don't need to raise their hands if they want to speak.

These are the things that we should pay attention to when having the Socratic Seminar, EXCEPT...

• We should refocus when the conversation gets off track or is out of the topic.

• We should strongly defend our arguments when providing our opinions.

• We should always try to develop our ideas and use the useful phrases when speaking.

• We should give the opportunity to those who haven't spoken yet in the discussion.

Why should inner circle participants refer to the text when speaking?

• To do self-evaluation in their performances

• To apply critical thinking skills in the discussion

• To understand more the flow of the discussion

• To keep focused on talking about particular thing in the discussion

Outer circle participants will listen and evaluate inner circle participants' performance based on Socratic Seminar Observation Form/ Rubric. The contents of it are analysis and reasoning, discussion skills and civility. Which of the following is not true about 'analysis and reasoning'? It's related to...

• deeper level of discussion

• thinking organization

• participant's clarity in speaking

• meaningful thoughts

Outer circle participants will listen and evaluate inner circle participants' performance based on Socratic Seminar Observation Form/ Rubric. The contents of it are analysis and reasoning, discussion skills and civility. Which of the following is not true about 'discussion skills'? It's related to...

• participants' opportunity in speaking and sharing their time with others

• relevance of comments and responses from each participant

• sentences arrangement and language used by the participants

• participants' ability in staying focus on the discussion

Outer circle participants will listen and evaluate inner circle participants' performance based on Socratic Seminar Observation Form/ Rubric. The contents of it are analysis and reasoning, discussion skills and civility. Which of the following is not true about 'civility'? It's related to...

• participants' voice/volume in speaking

• politeness of participants

• the use of formal language

• participants' manner in Socratic Seminar