Socratic Having to do with the philosopher Socrates or with his teaching method, in

which he systematically
questioned the student in conversation in order to draw forth truths.
� She challenges her students by using the Socratic method, requiring them to think
and respond constantly in every class.
Socrates lived and taught in Athens in the 5th century B.C., but left no writings
behind, so all we know of him comes through the works
of his disciple Plato, almost all of which claim to be accounts of Socrates'
conversations with others. Today Socrates is best
remembered for his method of teaching by asking increasingly difficult questions,
the so-called Socratic method. This generally involves
the use of Socratic induction, a way of gradually arriving at generalizations
through a process of questions and answers, and Socratic
irony, in which the teacher pretends ignorance while questioning his students
skillfully to make them aware of their errors in
understanding.