Learning as a community through Socratic seminars

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How can educators adopt a learning in community spirit? I have effectively used Socratic seminars as a collaborative pedagogy in my human resource management (HRM) courses. Students are assigned two articles and asked to develop five inquiry-based questions that generates a lively dialogue in the classrooms. The seminar takes approximately 60-90 minutes of my class time. This empirical study, conducted in 2014, showcases the results of 43 graduate students who have shared their perceptions on this method via surveys. Students have shared several positive experiences as this format allows them construct and question various interpretations of the learning material.

Author(s):

Pramila Rao    
Marymount University
United States