Articles tagged Socratic Method
How Leading a Gigantic Socratic Dialogue Taught Me to Lead Smaller Socratic Dialogues
In early April, I traveled with my Challenge IV class to Staunton, Virginia’s Blackfriar’s Theater to see Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar on stage. The night before the play, we met with a couple of other Challenge groups at Youth Development Inc.’s lodge for fellowship,...
Christian, Know Thyself: Why It Is Important to Study Philosophy
by Kate
Friday, 26 October, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 26 October, 2012
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
γνῶθι σαυτόν: "gnothi sauton" or "know yourself" in ancient Greek.
Public building in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world...
The Power of Questions, Part II: The Socratic Circle
[L]et us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1 (NIV).
Several weeks ago, my Challenge II students had a Socratic discussion based on the model described in Matt Copeland’s book, Socratic Circles. This article will give you a glimpse into...
The Power of Questions, Part I: Why the Socratic Method?
by Kate
Friday, 16 March, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 16 March, 2012
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
We tend to think the purpose of education is to provide answers—the information needed to function productively. On the one hand, this is true. But, on the other hand, as with all important human activities, it is not the only purpose. In fact, this pragmatic view is...