socratic method

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Socratic method
    n 1: a method of teaching by question and answer; used by
         Socrates to elicit truths from his students [syn: {Socratic
         method}, {maieutic method}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maieutic method \maieutic method\ n.
   A method of teaching by question and answer; it was used by
   Socrates to elicit truths from his students; -- called also
   the {Socratic method}
   [WordNet 1.5]

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