ROUND TABLES DISCUSSIONS and
SOCRATIC QUESTIONING
The Round Table Discussion planning and activity templates (See pages 14 - 16) are designed to quickly create a round table discussion session to be used during the on-campus element of the module.
Round Table Discussion (RTD) is a method used to engage you (students) in ways that help integrate new and interesting content knowledge with prior knowledge through a structured round table debate format.
Throughout the entire process of preparing the RTD activity, you (the student) will need to be reading interesting and relevant text, researching sub-topics, and creating written notes and analysis. This research will then allow you to engage in active discussions with your peers to arrive at a consensus regarding the week’s topic and develop a wider understanding of the links between the myriad of topics up for discussion.
To assist you we will be engaging in something called ‘Socratic Questioning’.
SOCRATIC
QUESTIONING
is at the heart of critical thinking and several of our activities will draw from R.W. Paul's six types of Socratic questions (see fig.1).
Due to the rapid addition of new information and advancement of
Fig.1: Six Types of Socratic Questions
new information and advancement of science and technology that occur almost daily, and the impacts these have on the workplace, any aspiring people manager must constantly expand his or her horizons beyond simple.....