WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Socrates was a philosopher whose method of teaching involved what?
A
Asking open ended questions, so students learned using reasoning
B
Using fear and embarrassment to force students to learn
C
Students gaining knowledge only through personal experiences
D
Giving lectures attended by hundreds of students
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Socratic questioning (or Socratic maieutics) was named after Socrates. He used an educational method that focused on discovering answers by asking questions from his students.

Detailed explanation-2: -His style of teaching-immortalized as the Socratic method-involved not conveying knowledge, but rather asking question after clarifying question until his students arrived at their own understanding.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Socratic method (also known as method of Elenchus, elenctic method, or Socratic debate) is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presuppositions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Socrates (470-399 BC) was a Greek philosopher who sought to get to the foundations of his students’ and colleagues’ views by asking continual questions until a contradiction was exposed, thus proving the fallacy of the initial assumption.

Detailed explanation-5: -Published: Socrates taught by asking questions, drawing out answers from his pupils to challenge the completeness and accuracy of their thinking.

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