Think Like Socrates

Using Questions to Invite Wonder and Empathy Into the Classroom, Grades 4-12

Shanna Peeples

• Publisher: Corwin
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781506391625
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Teaching Methods

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!

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Introduction
• Part I Building a Questioning Classroom Culture
• Chapter 1 Kids These Days Creating Deeper Learning Experiences Framed Around Student Questions
• Chapter 2 Designing for Engagement Strategies for Using Student Questions to Plan Academic Discussions
• Chapter 3 Teaching Like Socrates Composing a Classroom Climate to Encourage Inquiry
• Chapter 4 Learning to Listen Processes to Support Better Thinking Through Focused Attention
• Chapter 5 Constructing Trust Foundational Practices to Build Empathy, Belonging, and a Culture of Thinking
• Part II Curating Questions for Use in the Content Areas
• Chapter 6 Using Questions in Multiple Disciplines and Grade Levels
• Chapter 7 Science
• Chapter 8 Math
• Chapter 9 Social Studies, Government, and Humanities
• Chapter 10 Fine Arts
• Chapter 11 Career and Technical Education
• Chapter 12 Special Populations
• Part III Applying Inquiry to Do Real Work in the Real World
• Chapter 13 Using Student Questions for Project Ideas at All Levels
• Part IV Using Our Own Questions to Transform Our Practice
• Chapter 14 Using Teacher Questions to Guide Staff Meetings and Plan Professional Development
• Appendix Resources, Recommended Texts, and Rubrics
• References
• Index
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