Posts Tagged ‘Socratic’
July 2 - What’s Bad about Good Practices?
By: Larry D. Spence in Effective Teaching Strategies
The Socratic questioning strategy described in the article appealed to me. I could see how it would cut down on quizzes, grading, and the whole sad enterprise of writing multiple- guess questions that dulled students’ thinking. I made some adaptations and expectantly implemented it in my introduction to political theory course.
Those expectations quickly dissolved. At her desk, one of my best students…
