아들러의 독서토론 방법에 관한 연구 - 『공동탐구 입문』을 중심으로 -

M. J. Adler and The Great Books Foundation schemed out a new method of shared inquiry to improve the understanding of texts. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the method of shared inquiry and to evaluate its values. The method of shared inquiry is a collaboration between author and reader. It is the method of discussion used in the Great Books Program. In shared inquiry, participants and co-leaders read texts carefully and discover interpretive questions. Interpretive questions are question that has more than two answers are possible. Participants build their own answers to the interpretive questions under discussion, and they develop their own ways of understanding the text. Co-leaders may only ask interpretive questions. The method of shared inquiry promotes good habits of reading, thinking, and speaking. By giving participants practice in asking interpretive questions and seeking out right answers, shared inquiry prepares them to be good inquires and lifelong learners.