Using Socratic Seminars to Build Social and Emotional Learning Competencies
ByMary Davenport
edutopia.org
4min
May 12, 2023
Good SEL skills are essential for students to be able to converse thoughtfully about a text.
In 2016, I wrote about how Socratic seminars areeffective at building a strong culture of academic discussion in th.... Seven years, two schools, and one country later, I still agree with this. However, this year, I have also come to appreciate their capacity for building social and emotional learning (SEL) skills.
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