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Socratic Method

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Noun

1. maieutic method, socratic method

a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Socratic Method

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noun
philosophy
the method of instruction by question and answer used by Socrates in order to elicit from his pupils truths he considered to be implicitly known by all rational beings
Compare maieutic

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Socratic Method

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a method of teaching or discussion, like that used by Socrates, in which by means of a series of questions and answers the logical soundness of a definition is tested, the meaning of a concept examined, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Socratic Method

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n.
A pedagogical technique in which a teacher does not give information directly but instead asks a series of questions, with the result that the student comes either to the desired knowledge by answering the questions or to a deeper awareness of the limits of knowledge.

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