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November & December

Weeks One & Two : Getting back on track with your Creative Learning Projects
  • See "Création" in our weekly schedule. Remember that I will be evaluating your final project report as an oral presentation the week of December 7th.
Week Three & Four : Socrates and the Socratic Seminar
  • Introducing Socrates, the Socratic Method and Socratic Seminars
    • Who was Socrates?
      • 8-bit Philosophy
      • NPR Ed's 50 Great Teachers
    • ​You can access the class presentation with your Office 365 account here.
  • Read the article for our first Socratic Seminar here.
  • Find the Socratic Seminar Guide for Participants and Observers here.
  • Submit questions for our next Socratic Seminar on Teams, in the English channel!
  • Our next Socratic Seminar Topics:
    • The video I was showing you about Scoractic Seminars in the classroom is here.
      • Do tests really represent student learning? Articles here and here. I have also found an interesting video that you can watch here.
      • Is blood thicker than water? Articles here and here.
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Week Five & Six : Putting the Socratic Seminar to work for us
  • Reviewing what we know about Socratic Seminars, and reflecting on what we can do better.
  • OUR NEXT STICKY QUESTION: "WHAT IS A GOOD EDUCATION?"
  • Addressing the next "sticky" question:
    • What do you already know about the subject?
    • What questions might you ask to gain a better understanding?
    • How will you go about finding the answers to those questions?
      • ​Here are some suggestions for articles to get you started:
        • ​What Do We Mean by a Quality Education? | HuffPost
        • Education – United Nations Sustainable Development
        • Education | UNICEF
        • How do you define a good education? – Lisa Swaboda is Atlas Educational (wordpress.com)
        • What makes a quality education? | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
    • I have produced a new version of the Socratic Seminar Guide for you this round. You can find it HERE, or simply use the questions you find below:
Socratic Seminar Guide V 2.0

Preparation
 Part A: 
  • ​What is the seminar question? 
  • What do you already know about the subject? 
  • What do you need to know in order to better understand the subject of the seminar? (ie: what questions do you need to answer in order to be able to take and defend a position?) 
  • What sources will you consult in order to prepare for the seminar?​
Preparation Part B 
  • Answer the following questions for each of the sources you consult. 
  • Who is the author, and why are they a reliable source? 
  • What is the author’s main idea? 
  • What arguments/evidence does the author offer to support their idea? 
  • Which rhetorical appeal did the author use to make their point? (ETHOS, PATHOS or LOGOS) 
  • What counter-arguments might you offer to the author’s opinion? 
  • Do you think that the author was successful in making their point? Why, or why not? 
Preparation Part C 
  • What is your opinion? 
  • What arguments/evidence will you use to support your idea? 
  • What counter-arguments do you think the other participants might make? 
  • Which rhetorical appeal will you use to make your point? (ETHOS, PATHOS or LOGOS) 
M. Eric Levesque:
​eric.levesque3@nbed.nb.ca
Mme Isabelle Chenard: isabelle.chenard@nbed.nb.ca
M. William Duncan: 
​william.duncan@nbed.nb.ca
Mme Carole Boucher:
carole.boucher@nbed.nb.ca
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