The Power of the Socratic Classroom

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Synopsis

Do You Have 21st-Century Skills to Help Your Students Succeed? Do Your Students Have 21st-Century Skills to Think for Themselves? The Power of the Socratic Classroom has the answers you are looking for—answers that will supply the strategies to show students how to succeed into the future. A future that has unknown products, unidentified jobs, and unanticipated challenges. In Socratic Seminar, teachers shift to the role of facilitator, where they help their students develop the collaborative interpersonal skills, the critical and creative thinking skills, and the speaking and listening skills to face the upcoming challenges of the 21st century.

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Charles Fischer has taught in public and private schools in a variety of settings, from rural Maine to inner city Atlanta. In the past 20 years, he has worked with a wide range of students from 4th grade to AP English and has been nominated for Teacher of the Year four times. He has his Master’s degree in Teaching & Learning from the University of Southern Maine, and received his B.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing from Binghamton University. His latest book, The Power of the Socratic Classroom, has won four awards, including the NIEA Best Education Book. His first novel, Beyond Infinity, won a 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award bronze medal (YA fiction). His areas of expertise are Socratic Seminar, Active Listening, Inquiry, Teaching & Learning, and Critical & Creative Thinking. He is currently working on a book of poetry, a short story collection, and several novels.

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The Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge makes for a great text along many lines. Clearly, the words themselves can make for an interesting discussion about freedoms. And then there's the complexity of having students recite the words, sometimes everyday, at the start of school. Add to this that many young children are forced to say the words, even though they don't yet know what it means, and you have a potential complex text for Socratic Seminar. Then: what about replacing it with a new message? What would the 2025 version be? Or would it be the same ideals? Let's get the dialogue going!

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The Power of the Socratic Classroom

The Pledge of Allegiance is a complex text and as such, could easily be a great seminar introduction for almost any grade or subject. With words like allegiance, Republic, indivisible, and liberty, younger students can begin exploring the importance of words and definitions. Middle school students can explore themes such as citizenship, civic responsibility, freedom, and rights. There are controversial issues surrounding the Pledge that would likely appeal to older students, such as: Should students be required to say The Pledge of Allegiance? Should the Pledge change? In addition, there are numerous possible connections and extensions for the text:

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Charles Ames Fischer

The Power of the Socratic Classroom

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The Pledge of Allegiance

Book Excerpt

The Power of the Socratic Classroom

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