Description
Socratic Seminars are an amazing way to engage students in meaningful classroom discussions. During this course, participants will join Lori Dreyer, the Elementary Gifted Liaison for Springboro Schools, and Lindsay Slamer, the Gifted Intervention Specialist for Springboro Schools, in exploring the elements of hosting a Socratic Seminar in their own classrooms. After discussing the necessary elements, participants will take a deeper dive into what the classroom environment looks like before, during, and after the seminar and learn about variations of Socratic Seminars, including challenges that may arise.
In this 1-hour course teachers will discover:
- The elements of engaging students in a Socratic Seminar
- How to make the classroom environment conducive to using the Socratic Seminar approach
- Why Socratic Seminar is an effective instructional strategy to use with gifted learners
- Possible variations for implementation
- How to avoid pitfalls
NAGC Standards: 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.5, 5.1, 5.5
ODE Competencies: a, b, d
Click here for a leader’s guide created by the Ohio Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Yesenia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent training, very informative.
Zainab – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Love that there are various possible roles so that all students are held accountable and are engaged
Cody – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Not very interesting.
William – Ashtabula Area City Schools (verified owner) –
It was a really informative and useful video. I am going to watch it again.
Maricela – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It can be difficult to implement at the beginning, but it is recommended to start with few students roles so students and teachers can start getting comfortable and familiar with the methodology.
Amanda – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Solid information for planning Socratic seminar.
umit – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very applicable to utilize in class
Brent – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Was really good. I think it will work well for HS Biology also.
Charlie – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting and informative
Brandon – Bedford City School District (verified owner) –
Great for promoting student lead discussions about either fiction or non fiction texts.
Ashley – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
The course provided a good overview of the topic of Socratic Seminars. It gave a good breakdown of things to consider while setting up and implementing Socratic Seminars in the classroom.
Chari – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I learned several pieces of information.
Beatriz – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very helpful.
Margaret – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
It’s fine
Crystal – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great lesson on the elements of Socratic seminar.
Abril – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
great course, very helpful
Hatice – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It’s useful
Elsa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
excellent
Marysabel – FT HANCOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed Socratic seminar skills.
Carla – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I like the various ways mentioned that allow students sit and have open ended discussions.
matthew – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Its more of an elementary school course
christine – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Great idea, I have always wondered about Socratic Circles for regular students that are not ‘gifted’, but it seemed too time consuming and requires too much student training. After seeing this, I see why it is a strategy for gifted students. I wonder if there would be a way to simplify and implement in a regular classroom.
Liuyi – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I love the idea of Socratic Seminars and am glad that I got the chance to learn about how to implement them in my classroom.
John – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great idea for High School English & Social Studies.
John – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
It was alright.
Leonora – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
This is a great strategy of engaging students in the discussion activity. It involves 100% participation because students are assigned into a group discussion format.
yvette – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was a great way to learn about the socratic seminar elements.
Ida – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This was good
Gloria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
The way it was explained and presented.
Adrian – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Good course for reviewing the Socratic method of analysis.
Paula – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I love this idea.
Tonya – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was GREAT!
Monique – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good refresher of what a socratic seminar is.
Scott – Bexley City Schools (verified owner) –
Most examples I see of this technique are used for literature and are situated in elementary settings. I think it would be more helpful for secondary teachers to see this in action in a non-literature based setting and with high school students.
Jenny – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Was informational
Nicole – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
I struggled with socratic seminars early on, but hearing these examples was really beneficial to run it smoothly in the classroom.
Michael – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the before and after seminar tips.
Macray – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
I loved this course, I would have liked a little more information about how I could encourage unwilling students to participate.
Teresa – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
great
Jassmine – CRESTVIEW LOCAL – VAN WERT COUNTY (verified owner) –
I liked the breakdown of a Socratic seminar. Good refresher.
Gabrialle – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Some helpful tips
EDWARD – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
nice
Maria – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
Great
Blanca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided strategies and ideas on what other activities can be done in the classroom that will be a great benefit to the students.
Felicia – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course really explains how to introduce Socratic Seminar.
Jeffrey – Bowling Green City School District (verified owner) –
Very good course that provides excellent information about setting up critical thinking skills for the students using socratic seminars.
Jilma – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation
Lucia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and will definitely use in class.
Brian – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It provides useful information.