Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who believed the best method of learning was through questioning rather than writing things down. A Socratic circle is a strategy where students engage in conversation around a topic to build understanding, deriving facts from each other's answers. While it can improve discussion and creative thinking, it risks going off topic or not reaching a factual conclusion.

1. SOCRATIC CIRCLE

2. SOCRATES
• Ancient Greek Philosopher
• One of the founders of Western Philosophy
• Was believed to be an Anti- writing wise man
• Believed the best method of learning was through questioning
• Believed if you wrote something down, you no longer needed to remember it

3. SOCRATES
• Proclaimed not to be a wise man
because he was the only one that knew
his own ignorance

4. SOCRATIC CIRCLE
• A strategy in learning that students engage in conversation to create a better
understanding of a particular topic
• Facts are then derived from the answers from the inner circle

5. SOCRATIC STRATEGY
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6. CREATES
• Critical thinking
• Critical writing
• Leadership
• Critical vocabulary
• Diplomacy

7. PROS
• Improves discussion and listening skills
• Allows student to be creative in
thinking and/or vocabulary
• Creates student empowerment of their
personal thoughts and ideas
• May create other topics for the
instructor to discuss in future
instruction

8. CONS
• May be time consuming
• Discussion may lead into other
discussions that are off topic
• Discussion may lead to no factual
answer
• Could create uncontrolled debates

9. SOCRATIC CIRCLES
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