To what extent, the Socratic Method can benefit both teachers and students?

First of all, Socratic method promotes learning by encouraging students to pick apart their

underlying beliefs, assumptions and ideas about a topic through critically analyzing, reasoning
and rationalizing them to find the answers deep within. The Socratic method leads to critical
thinking skills by showing students how to identify the weak points in an argument. On the other
hand, the teacher is a model of critical thinking who respects students' viewpoints, probes their
understanding, and shows genuine interest in their thinking. The teacher poses questions
that are more meaningful than those a novice of a given topic might develop on his or her own.