Connecting Through Critical Conversations: Using Socratic Circles to Link Social Emotional Learning and Literarcy Education

Presenter Information

Rochelle Berndt, Baldwin Wallace UniversityFollow

Abstract

The article provides an overview of the implementation process that was used to engage teacher candidates in a five-week Socratic Circle discussion of a common read focused on literacy education in the 21st century classroom. Excerpts from the teacher candidates’ weekly written reflections are shared, as well as the links that were made between literacy education practices and the core tenets of the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development’s “Whole Child Approach.” Additionally, outcomes from this authentic experience within an adolescent literacy course are discussed, including how the pedagogical structuring of course assignments in a literacy methods course has the potential to contribute positively to the balancing of the cognitive and social emotional learning domains in teacher candidates’ future classrooms.

Recommended Citation

Berndt, Rochelle (2022) "Connecting Through Critical Conversations: Using Socratic Circles to Link Social Emotional Learning and Literarcy Education," Ohio Journal of Teacher Education: Vol. 36: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/ojte/vol36/iss1/5