Think Like Socrates

Using Questions to Invite Wonder and Empathy Into the Classroom, Grades 4-12
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5063-9164-9
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Reihe: Corwin Teaching Essentials

The key to creating wonder and empathy in class? Questions! Socrates believed in the power of questions rather than the efficiency of lecturing his students. And yet, if we revere Socrates as one of the greatest teachers in history, how did we get so far away from his method of inquiry? Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year, is here to flip the script and show you how teachers can create a welcoming and engaging atmosphere that encourages student questions and honors their experiences. This resource provides
- Practical strategies for creating a classroom that runs on dialogue, curiosity, inquiry, and respect
- An enhancement to your existing curriculum, regardless of content area or grade level, with examples and advice from award-winning teachers
- Questions of increasing depth paired with sample texts to increase student engagement with your content
- Step-by-step lessons for generating and using students’ questions as a way of assessing their thinking, and helping them guide that thinking into new learning aligned to state standards
- Lesson extensions for English language learners, special education students, and gifted and talented students
- Writing suggestions, in-class debate questions, and scoring rubrics for each content area
- Recommended multimedia texts grouped by big questions
- Detailed protocols for using inquiry with adults as a base for Professional Learning Communities, for guiding staff meetings, and for creating inquiry groups around common areas of practice

Your students’ deepest wonderings can point toward learning experiences that allow them to practice the work of citizenship grounded in empathy. Let the questions begin!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peeples, Shanna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Introduction
PART I. Building a Questioning Classroom Culture
1. Kids These Days: Creating Deeper Learning Experiences Framed Around Student Questions
2. Designing for Engagement: Strategies for Using Student Questions to Plan Academic Discussions
3. Teaching Like Socrates: Composing a Classroom Climate to Encourage Inquiry
4. Learning to Listen: Processes to Support Better Thinking Through Focused Attention
5. Constructing Trust: Foundational Practices to Build Empathy, Belonging, and a Culture of Thinking
PART II. Curating Questions for Use in the Content Areas
6. Using Questions in Multiple Disciplines and Grade Levels
7. Science
8. Math
9. Social Studies, Government, and Humanities
10. Fine Arts
11. Career and Technical Education
12. Special Populations
PART III. Applying Inquiry to Do Real Work in the Real World
13. Using Student Questions for Project Ideas at All Levels
PART IV. Using Our Own Questions to Transform Our Practice
14. Using Teacher Questions to Guide Staff Meetings and Plan Professional Development
APPENDIX: RESOURCES, RECOMMENDED TEXTS, AND RUBRICS
REFERENCES
INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Peeples, Shanna
Shanna Peeples, the 2015 National Teacher of the Year, took the road less travelled on the way to her classroom. She worked as a disc jockey, medical assistant, and journalist before teaching, as she says, chose her.
Shanna taught middle and high school English in low-income schools in Amarillo, Texas for 14 years. Because Amarillo is a resettlement area for refugees, students as diverse as the Karen people of Myanmar to the Bantu people of Somalia, make up classes in her former assignment at Palo Duro High School.
Currently, Shanna is a doctoral candidate in Education Leadership at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She most recently served as the ELA curriculum specialist for her district where she designed professional development experiences and co-created curriculum with more than 200 secondary English Language Arts teachers.
A former reporter for the Amarillo Globe-News, Shanna won awards for reporting on health issues, schools, and music criticism.
Shanna is a board member of the Longview Foundation, a 2016 National Education Association Global Learning Fellow, and a member of the Global Teacher Prize Academy.