15 Mar Socratic Conversation, Lecturing or Didactic Teaching, and Experiential Learning
Confluence Courseware suggests appropriate interpretive and analytic questions in order to facilitate great classroom conversations (virtually or face-to-face) as well as prompts for academic essays and project-based learning experiences in an effort to provide a truly interdisciplinary, liberal arts education. As such, this digital courseware is organized around the principles of the Paideia method (from the Greek paidos meaning “upbringing”) which incorporates three aspects of learning: the Socratic conversation, lecturing or didactic teaching, and experiential learning. This pedagogic method focuses on building a strong foundation of basic skills, thinking skills, and personal qualities that can be used for the learner’s...