[ProfessionalDevelopment 2362] Re: Questioning and Discussion Strategies for Practicing Critical ThinkingAndrea Wilder andreawilder at comcast.netFri Jul 18 14:26:33 EDT 2008
Here is a question I have been gnawing away on for some time--"Did the Exodus happen?" Has anyone on the list tried to answer this question? There are many "smaller" questions from American history, for example, Paul Revere's ride as recounted in a history book. There is often a cultural consensus that we all know the answers to these questions, the big ones and the little ones, but a little digging shows that received opinions can cover up a lot of fuzziness. Is anyone on this list looking at critical literacy from this angle in the classroom? Andrea On Jul 18, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Bonnie Odiorne wrote: > You learn "philosophical Greek", just enough terms to getr to the > key concepts; I once made myself a Greek, Latin and German > dictionary just for philosophy when I started grad school and was > totally lost--I was going to Johns Hopkins and it was supposed to > be in French, but it really was in critical theory with maybe a > little literature attached, with some of the greatest names of the > period. No, I couldn't reconstruct it now.... :-) > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Andrea Wilder <andreawilder at comcast.net> > To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List > <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:32:13 PM > Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2345] Re: Questioning and > Discussion Strategies for Practicing Critical Thinking > > Heather, > > I agree that one should go as close to the source as possible. > What is one to do when the source materials are in a language not > known to the seeker? > > Andrea > > On Jul 17, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Heather Heunermund wrote: > >> I mean this in a respectful way and I state the following as such: >> I beg you all, if you truly want to understand Socratic dialogue, >> you can only go to the source, Plato. Read a Socratic dialogue and >> let's discuss. Understand the man is fabled to have been Socrates. >> Again, that's the only true way to understand this concept, to >> grok it. This virtue is not something that can be "taught." >> >> As part of the "educational community" you simply cannot settle >> for anything less. Ironically, you yourselves are not acting as >> critical thinkers by settling for less than this. If you want to >> truly practice what you preach about critical thinking and >> Socratic Dialogue, the only way to act as a critical thinkers >> yourselves is through your experience with original source work, >> and not merely the regurgitations of people's interpretations of >> the classics of the Western Canon. >> >> To do otherwise is a bastardization of the art form in the strict >> sense of the word. >> -- >> Heather >> >> Heather Heunermund, Executive Director >> New Mexico Coalition for Literacy >> 1-800-233-7587 >> heather at nmcl.org >> 505-982-4095 (fax) >> 3209 Mercantile Ct. Ste. B >> Santa Fe, NM 87507 >> >> On Jul 17, 2008, at 9:21 AM, Taylor, Jackie wrote: >> >> Dear Colleagues, >> One more note about critical thinking…For those seeking ideas for >> questioning techniques in practicing critical thinking and for >> facilitating group discussions: >> >> Socratic Questioning >> Socratic questioning is a systematic, probing method of >> questioning that probes thinking at a deep level. It can be used >> to explore thought in various directions such as in exploring >> complex ideas, to open up issues or problems, uncover assumptions, >> analyze concepts, distinguish what’s understood versus what is >> not, and follow out logical implications: http://en.wikipedia.org/ >> wiki/Socratic_questioning >> >> Here are some examples of Socratic questions: >> http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/ >> socratic_questions.htm >> >> >> On Questioning and Group Discussions >> Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher >> http://stephenbrookfield.com/pdf_files/BCRT_Wkshp_Pkt.pdf >> This workshop resource from Stephen Brookfield contains lots of >> strategies on facilitating critical reflection and discussion with >> students, in professional development, in meetings, and in >> modeling critical thinking. >> >> Best, Jackie >> >> Jackie Taylor, PD List Moderator, jataylor at Utk.edu >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> National Institute for Literacy >> Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list >> professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov >> >> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to >> http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment >> >> Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki >> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ >> Adult_Literacy_Professional_Development >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> National Institute for Literacy >> Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list >> professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov >> >> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to >> http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment >> >> Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki >> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ >> Adult_Literacy_Professional_Development > > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list > professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment > > Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ > Adult_Literacy_Professional_Development -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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