Editing Socratic method (section)

=====Socratic seminar texts=====
A Socratic seminar text is a tangible document that creates a thought-provoking discussion.<ref name=NPC>{{cite web|title=The Paideia Seminar: active thinking through dialogue. 3.4 Planning step 3: Select text|url=http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/paideia/6901|access-date=16 July 2012|archive-date=15 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815013934/http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/paideia/6901|url-status=live}}</ref>
The text ought to be appropriate for the participants' current level of intellectual and social development.<ref name=Chorzempa>{{cite journal|last=Chorzempa|first=Barbara|author2=Lapidus, Laurie |title=To Find Yourself, Think For Yourself|journal=Teaching Exceptional Children|date=January 2009|volume=41|issue=3|pages=54–59|doi=10.1177/004005990904100306|s2cid=146880761}}</ref> It provides the anchor for dialogue whereby the [[facilitator]] can bring the participants back to the text if they begin to digress. Furthermore, the seminar text enables the participants to create a level playing field – ensuring that the dialogical tone within the classroom remains consistent and pure to the subject or topic at hand.<ref name=NPC /> Some practitioners argue that "texts" do not have to be confined to printed texts, but can include artifacts such as objects, physical spaces, and the like.