Socratic conversation Tag

Syntopical Course Guides, made to accompany required textbook or other required primary readings in this courseware, are intended to guide students in a fruitful interaction with other course materials and lectures.  It is the belief of Confluence Courseware that, above all else, one’s education ought to be personal.  This is one of the main reasons the courseware is asking students to use this courseware—it is the fundamental way in which teachers can help assure that students’ educational experience is composed not only with the acquisition of fact and information, an appreciation and recognition of fundamental great works that have shaped...

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...

Socratic Conversation, Lecturing or Didactic teaching, and Experiential Learning Confluence Courseware guides suggest appropriate interpretive and analytic questions in order to facilitate great classroom conversations 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 course 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...