Name of Assignment:Aidan Javier Subject:Humanities (Global issues) Facilitator/Teacher:Ms. Terry
A Socratic seminar is an open-ended dialogue where students converse with each other about a certain topic. The goal of this socratic seminar is to conversely engage students through discussion, not debate. It should encourage people to chime in and pursuit in deeper understanding, so NO PUTDOWNS. These topics could be related to class material or completely random.
I used 3 different 21st century skills, communication, interpersonal, and global awareness skills. The most used would probably be the communication skills, since we are literally in front of each other engaged in a deep verbal discussion. Interpersonal skills were also used in that regard. Lastly there's global awareness skills, which were in use while talking about topics that pertained to the class material: human history, migration, early primates and their cultures.
I am proud of myself for talking to people I normally never talk to. It as a nice experience and I learned a lot about them. I’m also a fan of discuss, not debate. I was very glad to so people converse elegantly and not argue about something, which I was worried about.