Socrates (469-399 BC) was a great philosopher who taught by asking questions. When teachers ask questions that encourage students to draw conclusions, they are using the "Socratic
method" of teaching. It was once said that the gods had pronounced Socrates the wisest of the people because he knew how little he knew. 

Socrates asked many questions, but he gave few answers. He often denied knowing the answers to the questions he asked. 

Socrates was a well known teacher in Athens. He drifted around the city with his students, engaging many people in arguments about "justice," "bravery," and "piety."  He encouraged his students to reconsider the old ways of doing things. 
 

Reinventing Practice

Socratic Questions: Reinventing the Blackline Master
QSITE Professional Development Program
2000

How do we develop good questions for kids?

How do we stop asking for regurgitation of facts and figures?
Looking for yes.. no answers?

Computer-mediated environments, despite how high-tech the
environment, can closely replicate the worst of
factory-model transmission teaching and learning. How can we use these machines to assist students in drawing their own conclusions.

Housekeeping - what will happen and when?
Definitions and Understandings
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