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 Storming Stage of Socratic Seminar

Yes indeed! This is often the second stage in group development. Typically, in the first, the students are a bit shy and the dialogue is tentative but okay. Then the second stage kicks in and all heck breaks loose. But this is normal. Repeat--this is normal. Participants are merely trying to find their ways within the group dynamics. Many students will push into the conversation, often at the expense of norms and etiquette. The conversation is often fiery and hard to control. This is the stage where many teachers quit. Don't! There are other stages. With patience and norming practice, groups can achieve a peaceful third stage and eventually a successful fourth stage. Dubbed the Norming and Performing stages, groups have to have quite a lot of practice to reach these. Having seminars once in a while will rarely achieve this. Once a week is good. Once every two weeks is probably minimum.

Book Excerpt

The Power of the Socratic Classroom

Many teachers who try Socratic Seminar only a few times get frustrated because the group is stuck quarreling in the storming stage. Without understanding that there are other stages to achieve and work toward, these teachers may give up on Socratic Seminar as a viable class activity. Knowing that there are other stages will help facilitators persevere past the storming stage.

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Charles Ames Fischer

The Power of the Socratic Classroom

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Author Biography

Author Insight

The Storming Stage of Socratic Seminar

Book Excerpt

The Power of the Socratic Classroom

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