Shared Inquiry
Socratic Seminars for Economics Instructors
How to Conduct a Socratic Seminar - Session 1
Wednesday, Oct. 2nd, 6-8pm
9525 Katy Freeway, Suite 303 Houston, TX 77024
You may park in the front of the Bunker Hill Professional building in any of the non-reserved spaces
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Session 1
Introduction to How to Conduct a Socratic Seminar – topics will include interpretive questions, creating question clusters, leading discussions and developing discussion modules. Our first lab or experiment will be the conduct of an actual seminar using R.A. Radford’s seminal article “The Economic Organisation of a P.O.W. Camp.”
Session 2 - October 11, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.Short Talk on “Writing Interpretive Questions" followed by a seminar which will focus on “A Theory of Non-Market Failure”, by Charles Wolf | Session 3 - October 23, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. Short Talk on “Creating Question Clusters” followed by a seminar on “Inequalities Arising from the Nature of the Employments Themselves”, The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith | Session 4 - November 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.Short Talk on “Leading Discussions” followed by a seminar on “Nobel Lecture: Monetary Neutrality”, Robert Lucas |
Session 2 - October 11, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
Short Talk on “Writing Interpretive Questions" followed by a seminar which will focus on “A Theory of Non-Market Failure”, by Charles Wolf