“No Guru, No Method, No Teacher”: Socrates and the Love of Wisdom in Education
Getting Back to Socrates[1] Genuine philosophy is not pretty. In fact, its public countenance is as ugly as Socrates’ face. It is most certainly unattractive to those…
One of These Things is Not Like the Other: John Dewey’s Inquiry-Based Learning and the Socratic Method
In the wake of Ernest Boyer’s work in the 1990’s on scholarship in the academy, the scholarship of teaching and learning has grown from a small cottage…
Socratic Method and Recollection in Plato and Kant
Liberal education is struggling to maintain its place in the contemporary university. In some ways, the challenges it faces are as old as liberal education itself. Plato’s…
Socratic Method and Socratic Existence: Comedic Elements in the Apology
The most popular understanding of Socratic method, portrayed in the 1973 movie, The Paper Chase, amounts to sophistic intimidation and the abuse of authority. A gentler version,…
The Socratic Method Today
There has been a renewed interest in pedagogy, teaching, and student learning in political science, with a focus on topics like flipping the classroom and active learning.[1][2]…