Socratic Questioning
Definition
Aims
In Teaching
Questions
Types
Keys
Leading to more Qs
Key Questions
Understanding Key Concepts Through Questions
Socratic Method
Outline
Webster's New World Dictionary
Socratic Qs & Critical Thinking
Standards of Reasoning
disciplined questioning that can be used to explore thought in many directions and for many purposes
Generally
to explore complex ideas
to get to the truth of things
to open up issues and problems
to uncover assumptions
to analyze concepts
to distinguish what we know from what we don’t know, and
to follow out logical implications of thought
to probe student thinking
to determine the extent of students’ knowledge on a given topic, issue or subject
to model Socratic question for them
to help them analyze a concept or line of reasoning.
Approaches
To deeply probe student thinking.
To foster students’ abilities to question socratically.
dialectic reasoning, or a question-and-answer process.
focused on a specific complex concept or question, and exemplify a disciplined form of conceptual analysis.
uncover self-deception in thinking.
2 Primary Processes
formulate principles by which to live
deep understanding of concepts through the careful use of analogies intuitive to the answerer.
destructive
constructive
recognize the flawed nature of the reasoning.
replace the flawed thinking with logical or justifiable thinking.