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Socratic method   /səkrˈætɪk mˈɛθəd/   Listen
Socratic method

noun
1.
A method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students.  Synonym: maieutic method.






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"Socratic method" Quotes from Famous Books



... ones were taught at home. The unindustrious father was prevailed upon to divide with the mother the burden of teaching them and undertook the task with a mild protest, employing what he humorously designated the "Socratic method." He taught geography and history together, chiefly by means of anecdotes, with little regard for accuracy or thoroughness. Though his method was far from Socratic, it interested young Theodor and left ...
— The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 • Various



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