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Next Level

Socratic Circles

Enoree Career Center Professional Development Seminar

Mark Crain,FF, Jay Adam Pearson, BCT , & Michael Rawls, MEC

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Agenda

Learning target: TWBAT discuss Socratic Circles

PD for today: Presenting Options for Classroom Growth

Discussion Item One – Student Development �

Discussion Item Two – Getting students unstuck through learning �

Discussion Item Four – Job Ready, applying what students learn �

Discussion Item Five – What have we learned today?

Discussion Item Six – How can we move forward?�

Discussion Item Three – Our Mission, A, B, C

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Student Development

Enlightened

The Vision

Socrates believed that enabling student to think for themselves was more important than filling students heads with facts/answers.

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” Socrates

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Socratic Circle

Is an approach to understand and examine a concept through questions and answers founded on the belief that all thinking comes from asking questions, and that asking one question should lead to asking further questions.

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Getting Students Unstuck

Students see tangible results
Students connect new knowledge with known knowledge
Students negotiate understanding through interaction

Nourishing

Help students embrace challenges
Support students to accept failure and try again
Students learn from mistakes
Realize hard work is the key

Intellectual effort
Work through challenging concepts
Circular activities

Engage

Get Unstuck

Learn Better

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Enoree Career Center Mission

The primary mission of Enoree Career Center is to promote and offer an occupationally relevant curriculum for all students we serve.

Simply A, B, C

Genuine

For our students to seek deeper

understanding of the complex ideas

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Free movement is not confined to walking around a lab or classroom

Agreement

Socratic Circles produce dialogue resulting in

intellectual and scholarly discourse related to your course content.

Socratic Circles can be led in the Lab or Classroom

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Job Ready

Cosmetology

What happens to the hair follicles when it is subjected to repeated dyes?

Benefits

Welding student understand why they need to master welding motor skills
Cosmetology students understand the importance of communicating with their clients proper hair care.

Galvanizing

Welding

What happens to the metal when the weld does not penetrate the back of the joint?

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Foundational

Socratic Circles can range from 15 -30 minutes.

Start with a Dialogue

Asking Questions is the key

The teacher begins by asking an open ended question, or making a false statement concerning course content.

Benefits

Student learn to be less attached to their ideas, less reliant on persuasive arguments
Student apply facts to curriculum content, increase in performance assessments, and become job ready.

Enduring

Expeditionary Learning

Problem Based Learning

Inquiry Based Learning

Service Learning

Project Based Learning

Socratic Circles Support

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Benefits

Student Engagement

Provides a space to engage in in-depth discussions, problem solving, and clarification of course content
Builds a strong, collaborative work culture
Increased student success
Creates a positive learning environment for all students where everyone has a voice

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Conclusion: Socratic Circles are used by next level teachers for their rich ideas, student engagement, and classroom value.

E - enlightened

N - nourishing

G - genuine

A - agreeable

G - galvanizing

E - enduring

Student engagement will change their world!

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Questions

For any additional questions or comments please contact us at:

bcrain@greenville.k12.sc.us

japearson@greenville.k12.sc.us

msrawls@greenville.k12.sc.us

“The essence of teaching is to provide students the opportunity to improve their abilities, grow their gifts, and enhance their knowledge” Jay Adam Pearson

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