Shared Inquiry

Socratic Seminars for Economics Instructors

Event Information

How to Conduct a Socratic Seminar - Session 1

Remember, boxed lunches are served at all sessions. Participants will also receive a copy of "Discussing Economics" by Michael Salemi and W. Lee Hansen. Readings for each of the sessions are provided and distributed at the Free Enterprise Institute classroom.

You may park in the front of the Bunker Hill Professional building in any of the non-reserved spaces

REGISTER FOR THE SESSIONS BY CLICKING ON THE SURVEY BELOW.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QXXTCZW

When?

Wednesday, Oct 2, 2013, 06:00 PM

Where?

9525 Katy Freeway, Suite 303 Houston, TX 77024

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Session 1

Introduction to How to Conduct a Socratic Seminar – topics will include interpretive questions, creating question clusters, leading discussions and developing discussion modules. Our first lab or experiment will be the conduct of an actual seminar using R.A. Radford’s seminal article “The Economic Organisation of a P.O.W. Camp.”

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Session 2 - October 11, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.

Short Talk on “Writing Interpretive Questions" followed by a seminar which will focus on “A Theory of Non-Market Failure”, by Charles Wolf

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Session 3 - October 23, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

Short Talk on “Creating Question Clusters” followed by a seminar on “Inequalities Arising from the Nature of the Employments Themselves”, The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith