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macalester.
edu/geology/wirth/CourseMaterials.
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"Here we use the Socratic method: I call on you; I ask you a question; you answer it.
Why
don t I just give you a lecture? Because through my...
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Available from: http://www.
macalester.
edu/geology/wirth/CourseMaterials.
html (version 16 September 2008)
"Here we use the Socratic method: I call on you; I ask you a question; you answer it.
Why
don t I just give you a lecture? Because through my questions you learn to teach yourselves.
By this method of questioning-answering, questioning-answering, we seek to develop in you
the ability to analyze that vast complex of facts that constitutes the relationships of members
within a given society.
”
Professor Kingsfield (in the Paper Chase)
INTRODUCTION
Many students would likely cite a desire to learn as the primary reason for committing four
years to a college education.
But what do we really mean when we use the word “learn”? It is
something we all do from the moment of birth, so most of us likely take this very complex
process for granted.
How many of you have spent time trying to understand the meaning of
learning, or how it occurs? Although many of us have a general sense of wh
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