Definition of Socratic method

1. Noun. A method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students.

Exact synonyms: Maieutic Method
Generic synonyms: Pedagogics, Pedagogy, Teaching Method

Lexicographical Neighbors of Socratic Method

Society of Jesus
Socinian
Socinianize
Socinianized
Socinianizes
Socinianizing
Socinians
Socinus
Socotra
Socotra begonia
Socotran
Socotrans
Socrates
Socratic
Socratic irony
Socratic method (current term)
Socratically
Socratics
Socratism
Socratist
Socratists
Socred
Socreds
Sod's Law
Sod's law
Sodano
Soemmerring's ganglion

Literary usage of Socratic method

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. School Management: Including a Full Discussion of School Economy, School by Albert Newton Raub (1898)
"The Socratic method.—The Socratic, named from the Grecian philosopher ... The following will illustrate briefly the Socratic method : Teacher (who is ..."

2. Methods of Teaching in High Schools by Samuel Chester Parker (1915)
"(1: 153) The Socratic method a circuitous form of the conversational method. — A special form of the conversational method is the Socratic method. ..."

3. Methods of Teaching in High Schools by Samuel Chester Parker (1915)
"(1: 153) The Socratic method a circuitous form of the conversational method. — A special form of the conversational method is the Socratic method. ..."

4. Methods of Teaching in High Schools by Samuel Chester Parker (1915)
"(1: 153) The Socratic method a circuitous form of the conversational method. — A special form of the conversational method is the Socratic method. ..."

5. A Text-Book in the History of Education by Paul Monroe (1905)
"The Socratic method. — The method of teaching adopted by Socrates was the conversational one. As represented in Plato's Dialogues his teaching has two ..."

6. A Biographical History of Philosophy by George Henry Lewes (1892)
"On the Socratic method various and opposing systems were elaborated, all of which were equally legitimate, though not equally plausible. ..."

7. The School as a Social Institution: An Introduction to the Study of Social by Charles Leonidas Robbins (1918)
"The Socratic method. While the method of Socrates is generally treated from the purely psychological point of view as a means of securing clear ideas ..."

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