SOCRATİC METHOD: ITS ROLE IN THE COGNİTİVE DOMAİN OF BLOOM'S TAXONOMY AND ITS USE

Abstract

Socrates has been a very important figure not only in the field of philosophy but also in other specific fields such as literature and education. He developed Socratic Method or the method of dialectic which was based upon a process of questions and answers so as to reach the truth. Since the 4th century B.C., the ability to question has been considered an important strategy in order to gather the most correct pieces of information and an important part of the cognitive domain of the taxonomy made by Benjamin Bloom. The aim of this paper is to state the importance of Socratic Method and indicate its significant place in the cognitive domain of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives and its role in advanced ELT literature classes while teaching Plato’s Republic

Keywords

• Socratic Method, Bloom’s Taxonomy, teaching literature in ELT classes

SOCRATİC METHOD: ITS ROLE IN THE COGNİTİVE DOMAİN OF BLOOM'S TAXONOMY AND ITS USE

Abstract

Sokrates hem felsefe alanında hem de edebiyat ve eğitim gibi diğer alanlarda önemli bir figürdür. Sokratik Yöntem ya da diyalektik yöntem denilen ve doğruya ulaşmak için sorulan bir dizi soru ve cevaptan oluşan yöntemi geliştirmiştir. Milattan önce 4. yüzyıldan bu yana, soru sorma becerisi en doğru bilgiye ulaşmak için kullanılan önemli bir strateji olarak düşünülmüş ve Benjamin Bloom tarafından yapılan sınıflandırmada da önemli bir yer tutmuştur. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Sokratik Yöntem’in önemini ve Bloom’un sınıflandırmasının Bilişsel Alan’ındaki yerini vurgulamak ve yüksek düzey İngiliz Edebiyatı sınıflarında Eflatun’un Devlet adlı eserini öğretmedeki önemli rolünü açığa çıkarmaktır

Keywords

• Sokratik Yöntem, Bloom’un sınıflandırması, İngilizce sınıflarındaki edebiyat öğretimi

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