What is Socratic
Questioning?
Socratic thinks that
questioning is useful weapon for teaching and learning process. Socratic
questioning is disciplined questioning that can be used to pursue thought in
many directions and for many purposes, including: 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, to follow out logical implications of thought or to control the
discussion. The key to distinguishing Socratic questioning from questioning per
se is that Socratic questioning is systematic, disciplined, and deep and
usually focuses on fundamental concepts, principles, theories, issues or
problems.
Socratic questioning is referred to in teaching, and has gained currency as a concept in education particularly in the past two decades.[citation needed] Teachers, students or indeed anyone interested in probing thinking at a deep level can and should construct Socratic questions and engage in these questions
Socrates the early Greek philosopher & teacher, a Socratic approach to teaching is based on the practice of disciplined, rigorously thoughtful dialogue. The instructor professes ignorance of the topic under discussion in order to elicit engaged dialogue with students. Socrates was convinced that disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enables the scholar/student to examine ideas logically and to be able to determine the validity of those ideas. Also known as the dialectical approach, this type of questioning can correct misconceptions and lead to reliable knowledge construction. Although "Socratic questioning" appears simple, it is in fact quite rigorous. The teacher attempts to draw out the student's fullest possible knowledge of the topic. Individuals have the capacity to recognize contradictions, so Socrates assumed that incomplete or inaccurate ideas would be corrected during the process of disciplined questioning, and hence would lead to progressively greater truth and accuracy.
Socratic questioning is referred to in teaching, and has gained currency as a concept in education particularly in the past two decades.[citation needed] Teachers, students or indeed anyone interested in probing thinking at a deep level can and should construct Socratic questions and engage in these questions
Socrates the early Greek philosopher & teacher, a Socratic approach to teaching is based on the practice of disciplined, rigorously thoughtful dialogue. The instructor professes ignorance of the topic under discussion in order to elicit engaged dialogue with students. Socrates was convinced that disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enables the scholar/student to examine ideas logically and to be able to determine the validity of those ideas. Also known as the dialectical approach, this type of questioning can correct misconceptions and lead to reliable knowledge construction. Although "Socratic questioning" appears simple, it is in fact quite rigorous. The teacher attempts to draw out the student's fullest possible knowledge of the topic. Individuals have the capacity to recognize contradictions, so Socrates assumed that incomplete or inaccurate ideas would be corrected during the process of disciplined questioning, and hence would lead to progressively greater truth and accuracy.
THE SIX TYPES OF SOCRATIC QUESTIONS
1. Questions for clarification:
2. Questions that probe assumptions:
3. Questions that probe reasons and evidence:
4. Questions about Viewpoints and Perspectives:
5. Questions that probe implications and consequences:
6. Questions about the question:
