“Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.”

In class we were asked to design a treasure hunt teaching our peers about a specific teaching method of the Information Processing Model. Theresa and I decided to focus on the Socratic Method of teaching. This method is an inquiry (question based) method of teaching.



The goal of this method of inquiry is for students to internalize a mode of questioning that will enable them to achieve a higher level of understanding and realization through content related areas of study.

By making a treasure hunt, we were able to demonstrate what the socratic method of teaching is by actually using an inquiry based, interactive treasure hunt. When th assignment was first brought to light, I, as well as many of me peers had no idea what a treasure hunt actually was, with respect to teaching. As it was finally explained more in depth, and we were shown examples, it became clear, and actually fun to create. From making our own treasure hunt, and by looking at the treasure hunts that my peers created, I was able to learn so much about different methods of teaching from the

information processing model.

Here is the link to my treasure hunt:
Socratic Method TH
Please feel free to check it out for yourself!