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When Socrates Meets Confucius: Teaching Creative And Critical Thinking Across Cultures Through Multilevel Socratic Method, Erin Ryan Dec 2012

When Socrates Meets Confucius: Teaching Creative And Critical Thinking Across Cultures Through Multilevel Socratic Method, Erin Ryan

Erin Ryan

This article presents a case study of adapting the Socratic Method, popularized in American law schools, to teach critical thinking skills underemphasized in Chinese universities and group competency skills underemphasized at U.S. institutions. As we propose it here, Multilevel Socratic teaching integrates various levels of individual, small group, and full class critical inquiry, offering distinct pedagogical benefits in Eastern and Western cultural contexts where they separately fall short. After exploring foundational cultural differences underlying the two educational approaches, the article reviews the goals, methods, successes, and challenges encountered in the development of an adapted “Multilevel Socratic” method, concluding with recommendations …

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Aman In Asia (Photograph) May 1997

Aman In Asia (Photograph)

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

Bloomington Law School Dean Alfred C. Aman Jr. met with four of IU 's international alumni clubs - Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Japan - during a trip to Asia last fall. Members of the IU Alumni Club of Japan include Hiroshi Watanabe, president of the club, to the right of Aman, and Kaoru Ando, BS'36, LLD'80, founder of the club, to his left. Ando is a 1977 recipient of IU's top alumni award, the Distinguished Alumni Service Award.

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Notes From Asia, Alfred C. Aman Jr. Apr 1997

Notes From Asia, Alfred C. Aman Jr.

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

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The Challenge Of Asian Law, Whitmore Gray Jan 1995

The Challenge Of Asian Law, Whitmore Gray

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Several years ago, when U.S. trade across the Pacific finally surpassed that across the Atlantic, a small group of U.S. lawyers were already responding to the challenge of representing clients in transactions in Asia. While few had had the opportunity to take courses dealing with Asian law during their law school years, many entered the field because of undergraduate language and area studies courses. A few had taught courses dealing with Asia before beginning their law studies.

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