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(Free) Montessori Colloquium: Socratic Dialogue with Children with Michael Strong!

October 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free

Join us on Tuesday, October 20th, at 7:00 p.m. ET for an exciting webinar on “Socratic Dialogue with Children” with Michael Strong!

Event Description:

What role does warm, engaging dialogue play in a child’s education? How can we combine conversational spontaneity with intellectually stimulating and demanding content? This session will describe a wide range of frameworks and practices for intellectually engaging with children, both at home and in the classroom, through Socratic dialogue. The session will cover premises, preconditions for success, differentiation by age and interest, skills and knowledge best developed in this manner, the connection to written work, and a Q&A on challenges you face in your own situations.

Please register in advance for this meeting, and feel free to share the registration link with your friends and colleagues:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/YZ9XL5RIQca6wqKU_fogDQ#/registration

About Michael Strong:

Michael Strong has been engaged in classroom Socratic dialogue for almost forty years.  Starting with Mortimer Adler’s Paideia Project in the 1980s, he has since created a charter school, a school for highly gifted students, Montessori middle and high school programs, and most recently The Socratic Experience, a virtual K-12 that is largely Montessori-inspired in elementary and Socratic in secondary.  He is the author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice, and has a YouTube Channel, “Socratic Michael Strong,” featuring weekly one-on-one Socratic conversations with Alana Garcia recorded weekly from age 4 through age 14, showing the full range of developmental stages.

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