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Alexander Lowe McAdams

Ph.D. in English Literature | Department of English | Rice University

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Category: Socratic Seminar

Posted on May 27, 2017May 31, 2017

In Praise of the Socratic Seminar

In a literature classroom it can be easy to lose sight of the "so what" of the course's broader impact within not only students' undergraduate experience, but also the trajectory of their professional careers. But as instructors in literary studies are acutely aware, a student's exposure to reading literature in class has real-world impact: it may be the …

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