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Ep. 24 - Odin and Mercury 3: The Socratic Discussion

Ep. 24 - Odin and Mercury 3: The Socratic Discussion

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This is Episode 24 of The Everlasting Education Podcast, a Kepler Education Production.

In episode 24 of the Everlasting Education Podcast, Scott and Joffre discuss the Socratic dialogue in the classroom. Just like all good conversation, Socratic dialogue is an art—a skill that can be improved with practice. But Socratic dialogue, unlike casual conversation, has a particular aim—to discover the truth or meaning of something to the end that we might live wisely and flourish as human beings. Using elenchus, an investigative means of inquiry that is meant to discover fallacies in one’s argument or worldview—like peeling layers of an onion—teachers act as midwives, and help students give birth to truth.

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