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Charles Ames Fischer
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The Power of the Socratic Classroom
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Active vs. Passive Learning
I heard a saying once that definitely applies to Socratic Seminar: "The person who does the work, does the learning."And another idea comes to mind related to this: "Who is working harder, you or the students?" Too often teachers are the ones worker harder and doing the work... which means they are the ones doing most of the learning. They are more active, while students are more passive. For students to truly learn, teachers need to reverse these roles. The first step is to shift to a seemingly more passive role of questioner. ONLY ask questions. This will immediately shift students into more active roles where they are doing the work of learning.
Book Excerpt
The Power of the Socratic Classroom
Socratic Seminars produce active instead of passive learning. Many students are passive learners who expect to be spoon-fed. They are content to sit back and let someone else do the thinking work. In a typical class discussion, for example, there are always those students who are willing to drift through forty-five minutes without participating. Unless specifically called upon, those students will not engage their minds. When seminar facilitators transition to the more seemingly passive role of facilitator, the students will be forced into more active roles. Some seminar facilitators take this idea seriously by sitting outside of the dialogue circle and not participating, literally forcing the students to take ownership of the process.
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