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Socratic Seminar-EXAMPLE Notes

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PLEASE REFER TO THE SAMPLE SOCRATIC SEMINAR NOTES BELOW TO HELP YOU CREATE YOUR OWN!

These are actual notes from last year's students! 

 

 

Anonymous Students

Ms.McMahon

10-6

15 October 2010

                   

               Socratic Seminar Notes

Questions
Notes
Why is the word "seminar" more appropriate than the word "class" or "meeting"?
  • It is in small groups, and an advanced study.
  • Deeper level of thinking.
  • Exchange information and opinions.
  • Comes from peoples original ideas.
  • "class" or "meeting" is one person teaching. a "seminar" is everyone teaching each other.
Did Socrates stand out?
  • He was concerned with peoples health and soul.
  • One of the most  famous and first philosophers.
  • He was passionate because he was willing to die for his beliefs. Just like Martin Luther King, Abe Lincoln, people in the military, and the Jews of the Holocaust. 
Why is Socrates life unknown?
  • Plato wrote about Socrates but no one knows if it is accurate.
  • Wanted to help others before himself.
  • Taught on the streets so probably wasn't known that well.
  • Socrates was poor.
What is "elenchus" and  "idiom"?
  • Elenchus: you have an argument.
  • Their both trying to get you to see the other side. Like the window activity.
  • Devils advocate: tries to help the side that is less favorable.
Is Socrates wise?
  • He uses questions to teach.
  • He questions peoples beliefs.
  • He recognized his ignorance.
  • He gave his students difficult questions to get them to think alot.
What is the difference between dialogue and debate?

Dialogue

  • Literary form of conversation.
  • Between 2-3 people
  • Casual
  • Socrates might like this more because it has more opinions.
  • There is not one right answer.

Debate

  • Argument
  • Fighting
  • A group of people
  • Formal
  • Pros & Cons on issue 

 

If you require more information on Cornell Note-Taking method click here

    

 

 

This is a seating chart of how a Socratic Seminar looks. And you can find this here

 

 

 

 

Up above is a picture of the philosopher Socrates which was found here.

 

Socrates was the famous philosopher that taught on the street and cared more about others than himself. If you would like to learn more about Socrates, click his name.

 

 

 

 

This is an example of the Cornell Note Taking MethodThis technique helps students take notes in an organized manner, which is also used to help study from to. If you scroll back to the top of the page there is a chart titled "Socratic Seminar Notes" thats in the same format as the Cornell note taking method.

 

 

 

This chart may look confusing at first but what it is, is the "21st century learning: Blooms taxonomy and socratic seminar." This chart breaks up into 6 parts such as; Synthesis, evaluation, knowledge, comprehension, application, and analysis with other words surrounding the main parts to help people better understand them and help them become better learners. 

 

 

 

 

How to Study in College

 Here is a book that was written by Walter Pauk. Walter Pauk is Cornell University's (this link will take you to Cornell University's official web site)reading and study center director. He was and helped create the Cornell Note Taking System to help students and other people study.

 

 

"Socratic Seminar Summary" 

 

     We discovered that doing a Socratic seminar such as the one we did on Socrates in class, can be difficult or easy depending on how prepared you are. If you don't come class prepared you will struggle on the participation part of the "inner circle" and even the note taking role of the "outer circle" because you still need to understand what the "inner circle" is talking about. A Socratic seminar was developed to promote higher-level thinking to not only students but also other people. It is high-level thinking because the students are challenged to think of both perspectives on the topic that is being discussed. For insistence, in our Socratic seminars that we did in english class we not only had to give our thoughts on the topic but also question our own thoughts and look on the other side of the question being asked just as Socrates wanted his students to do. In order to be successful in a Socratic seminar, both the "inner circle" ( the discussing group) and the "outer circle" ( the note takers) have to participate to the fullest. In other words, if your in the inner circle you must attempt to speak once so the group can have a variety of different perspectives on the topic. The outer circle must take detailed notes using the Cornell note-taking method so other students in class experience an easier time studying the notes. By both circles working adequately as one, it will help everyone including the teacher to have a better understanding on the question. Like we stated earlier; Socratic Seminars are for high level thinking and get people to think and read critically. Everyone has to play a significent role for the seminar to benefit everyone, in addition to showing your teacher how much we really know instead of just memorized.

 

 

 

 


 

Anonymous Students

Ms. McMahon

English 10-5

15 October 2010

Socratic Seminar: Socrates Notes

 

Questions

Notes

 

1. Explain why the word “seminar” is a more appropriate use of diction for the title Socratic seminar than words like “class” or “meeting”? In other words, what does “seminar connote (suggest)?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Who was Socrates?

 

 

 

 

 

3. Did Socrates stand out from other philosophers of his time period?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Why are Socrates’s exact life events unknown?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Trace in chronological order Plato’s writings about Socrates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Contrast dialogue and debate

 

1. A seminar is a small group of students having a discussion about a certain topic.

 

Seminar

Class/Meeting

-More of a discussion

-Sophisticated

-Can involves more critical reading and thinking

-High quality

-Professional

-Talking about one of few subjects.

 

-The teacher is speaking rather than the students.

-More relaxed

-More learning than discussion.

 

 

 

2.-Concerned with the health and soul

-Didn’t care what others thought

-Questioned ideas and beliefs

-Never took just one view Different, stood out because he was executed for challenging ideas

 

3. Yes, he was different.

-Socrates is like our class with exploring new ideas and teaching new ways.

-He cared about the health and soul of people.

-He engaged in teaching students about moral.

-He was executed for speaking his mind.

-Unlike other philosophers he posed questions on questions.

-Never took one view on something and wanted to be open minded.

 

 

4. All information and writings about him were wrote by Plato. People found it strange how he was intelligent but couldn’t write his life down. Plato said stories about him but they may not be accurate because its opinions. If we got our information about Socrates from a person who did not like him the stories could be different.

 

 

 

5. -Apology-(speaks of Socrates being on trial. He was put on trial for speaking his mind and corrupting minds of youth by talking and challenging thoughts.)

-Crito

-Phaedo

-Republic

-Symposium

 

 

 

10. 

Dialogue

Debate

-Open minded

-Not arguing

-Not mindset

-Open to change

-Come to conclusion

-Socrates preferred this because you can change your mind and you listen and grown on thoughts and opinions of others. He also didn’t like hearing the right answer.

-There doesn’t have to be a right and a wrong answer.

-More listening to others to build on the subjects being discussed.

 

-Arguing

-Not open minded

-Usually have to prepare and research for.

-people stand for what they believe in

-More formal

-One right answer and one wrong answer

-If done in hate is wont work because you can’t listen to others.

-People only listen to others to find flaws because they want to prove them wrong.

(More people are prone to listen when their trying to one up someone than when they’re trying to improve on their own thinking.)

 

 

If you click on the links above (Socrates and Apology) you will be able to research further.   

Print Out Study Guide.docx 

 

Which is which?...

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For all of you visual learners, watch the next two videos to help you understand Socratic Seminars better.

 

 

 

The following picture displays the set up of a Socratic Seminar. It is a donut formation.  

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To give everyone an idea of what the great philosopher looked like, here is a picture of Socrates.

 

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To give you an idea of what Plato, his student, looked like here is a picture to view.

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Socrates was a great philosopher of Greek times that did not know how to read or write but knew a great deal about learning. His student, Plato, wrote about his methods of teaching and life. Some say that Plato was biased because he liked Socrates and could be "one minded" about him. Many other people say that Socrates was different from other philosophers of his time because he explored new ideas and taught differently. He also cared about the health and soul of students and taught them about moral. Socrates was executed for this and because he challenged tradition. His trial and execution is talked about in Plato's writing The Apology. Plato's other writings consist of Crito, Phaedo, Republic, and Symposium. In one of Plato's writings it states that Socrates preferred dialogue rather than debate. He preferred dialogue because people are more open minded and willing to listen to what others have to say. Debate is more arguing, not open minded, and people only want to prove the other person wrong. Socrates believed that nothing will be achieved by debating. All in All, Socrates's method of teaching is a great way for learning and it will be used for years to come.

 

 

 

 

 

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