“ELENCHUS – Socratic Method of Questioning”
Introduction
Socrates was a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the
founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only
through the classical accounts of his students. Plato's dialogues are
the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity.
Through his portrayal in Plato's dialogues, Socrates has become
renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics, and it is this
Platonic Socrates who also lends his name to the concepts of Socratic
irony and the Socratic Method, or elenchus. The latter remains a
commonly used tool in a wide range of discussions, and is a type of
pedagogy in which a series of questions are asked not only to draw
individual answers, but to encourage fundamental insight into the
issue at hand.
Perhaps his most important contribution to Western thought is his
dialectic method of inquiry, known as the Socratic Method or method of
"elenchus." It was first described by Plato in the Socratic Dialogues.
To solve a problem, it would be broken down into a series of
questions, the answers to which gradually distill the answer you seek.
The influence of this approach is most strongly felt today in the use
of the Scientific Method, in which hypothesis is the first stage.
Contents of the program
• what is Socratic way, that is training by asking rather than
training by telling
• How it helps in churning the thought process, in bringing out the
real understanding and the level of understanding etc…
• What types of trainings or which training situations can we put the
techniques to use … such as….TNA, focus groups; Executive coaching;
Classroom trainings (training by asking); Brainstorming, Problem
solving and other OJT that we do in industrial scenarios; Skill
training like selling skill; Training people to come out of ‘I know it
all’ syndrome and to ‘learn the Socratic way…by asking questions.
Details
Date: Sunday, 1st November 2009
Time: 10 to 13 Hrs.
Trainer : Mr. Nishit Kantha
Venue: NMIMS
Title: “Elenchus” - Socratic Method of Asking Questions
Fee :Rs. 200 for ISTD Members & Students
: Rs. 300 For Non Members
Contact:
Vijayita : 9223121102
Durgesh Bhatt : 9820685878
Arun Chitlangia : 99200 30412
Mr Nair - NMIMS
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