Tips for Using a Topic For a Su Paper Pumpkin Seminar
A year ago, one of my professors gave a great seminar on any topic for a paper pumpkin. A first year graduate student from West Virginia University in the Department of Environmental Health was able to use this topic to her advantage in her final project. Her thesis advisor noted that in order to do well in the capstone seminar of the day, she would need to apply a particular method of research that was described in her book.
What did I use? It was my Socratic Method. The Socratic Method is a very effective research method. It has been used extensively for over a thousand years, by just about all the great philosophers and those students who have chosen to use it. But that does not mean it is easy.
The key to using the Socratic Method is that it forces you to be very comfortable asking the right questions and really listening to what the subject is asking of you.