LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 8 August 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Platonic Dialogue in Cyber Age:
Implications for Higher Education

Wasima Shehzad, Ph.D.
Safeer Awan, Ph.D.

Abstract

There have been numerous theories about the teaching methodologies, ranging from the old time Grammar Translation Method (GTM) to the modern communicative approaches. It is intriguing that the modern theories of learning that emphasize the cognitive aspects of knowledge and its inculcation seem to have their precedents in the Greek masters’ pedagogical practices. One cannot fail to notice that, unlike the controlled atmosphere of modern-day classrooms, Socrates used a much more open and fluid methodology to inculcate knowledge in the minds of his pupils. That ‘dialogic’ imagination not only transferred the existing knowledge but also, in the process, transformed it through the raising of questions and their multiple/possible answers.

What are the implications of that method in our era of postmodern uncertainties and cyber-space states of flux? How can we benefit from the Platonic dialogic methods without sounding too ancient or archaic? Is Platonic dialogue still applicable in this ‘dot.com’ era is the question which will be addressed in this paper.

Introduction

Method in Madness (Fragmentation or Integration?)

For the modern mind, it would seem insane to suggest the idea of the unification of knowledge. The phenomenal growth in all branches of knowledge, and its classification into so many sub-fields led to the emphasis on the specialization and expertise in one field or subject for one scholar.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Wasima Shehzad, Ph.D.
Professor (Linguistics)
Department of Humanities
Air University, Islamabad
Pakistan
wasima.shehzad@yahoo.com

Safeer Awan, Ph.D.
Assisstant Professor
Department of English
International Islamic University
Islamabad
Pakistan
safeer.awan@iiu.edu.pk
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