ABSTRACT
The Seminar is a series of extended discussions focused on a single topic, themes, or series of readings that may or may not be related. The Seminar is conducted by a teacher, a teacher-team, or co-led by students who have been trained in the Socratic method of learning. The Guidelines for Co-leading Socratic Discussion must also be reviewed to ensure that students clearly understand their role and the purpose of discussion. Before discussion, student co-leaders must meet to refine and agree upon the questions that they plan to use in their discussion of the days assigned reading. In the Seminar discussions, to ensure that time is not wasted on questions that are not basic, clear, and specific, the teacher assigns each pair of co-leaders one of the approved basic questions from the lesson plan and then has them write some prepared follow-up questions directly related to the problem of interpretation.
