Socratic method
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- noun
- /səˈkrætɪk ˈmɛθəd/
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método socrático
- Using his well-known 'Socratic method', he would engage his interlocutors in critical dialogue about the reasons for their beliefs.
It was great being in the classroom, doing the Socratic method, leaning in on friends, learning about how their minds work.
- It was great being in the classroom, doing the Socratic method, leaning in on friends, learning about how their minds work.
- You're not doing the Socratic method like Socrates if you don't actually care to some degree about the people that you're talking with.
- So with the socialists, it's all about the Socratic method.
- Now this is a slight return to the Socratic method, but we really want to come across as humble and genuine when we say this.
Examples
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In philosophy class, we often use the Socratic method to encourage deeper thinking through questions.
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Some of our finest teachers use the so-called Socratic method, which many students find embarrassing, especially when they first encounter it.
Academic text (1992) -
The "Socratic" method, as just one example, has long been used to develop skills in creative and critical thinking.
Academic text (1990) -
The primary learning goal of the Socratic Method is to explore the contours of often difficult issues and to learn critical thinking skills.
Blog text (24) -
The Socratic method (teaching by asking questions) is one of the most difficult methods of instruction.
Academic text (2004) -
Back in the good old days, legal education meant little more than a predetermined set of courses taught by academics using the Socratic method.
Academic text (2007) -
The professor employed the Socratic method to help students uncover their assumptions about the topic.
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During the debate, she applied the Socratic method by asking her peers challenging questions to provoke thought.
Synonyms
A way of teaching by asking questions to help students find answers themselves
How Question-Based
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound transparently denotes a 'method' associated with Socrates—so a learner who knows 'Socratic' (of Socrates) and 'method' can infer it is a procedure linked to Socrates. However, the precise pedagogical practice (the specific question-and-answer technique to stimulate critical thinking) requires cultural or disciplinary knowledge and is not fully predictable from the constituents, making it only partially transparent.
Etymology
Socratic method comes from the ancient Greek teacher Socrates, who taught by asking many short questions so his students would think and find answers themselves. So today Socratic method means 'a way of teaching or talking that uses questions to make people think'.