Student Guide Corner

If you have read this blog for long, you know I began using the Socratic Method in my accounting classes way back in 1991.   I often get questions about why I started and how I use the Socratic Method.   I always tell people that it is hard to explain unless you are there to watch the process.    People simply don�t believe that you can teach complex accounting theory by firing hard ball questions at the students.   I was asked last fall to discuss the Socratic Method at a faculty forum here on campus and give a demonstration.   I wasn�t sure how well that would work.   But I talked for a while and then I, along with nine of my students, did a bit of a typical class using this approach.   It normally runs more smoothly in a real class environment but it worked fairly well in this artificial setting. In the presentation, I do put a focus on the book and the movie that forever changed how I taught my classes. If yo...