Life seems upside down these days. Politicians choose their voters by redistricting, universities their missions by giving in to government demands, some newspapers and media networks follow the paths ...

One of the key distinctions between college and law school is the way classes are taught, and legal education experts say aspiring lawyers need to mentally prepare themselves for the intensity of a ...

Among the many teaching techniques I am not good at (yet) is asking good questions. I’m trying to cut down on GWOMM questions, I do OK at getting some discussion going, and I can generally ask a ...

Arguments become heated and get out of hand when anger enters into the equation, often leaving both parties frustrated and upset. Using Socratic questioning in an argument, however, can help people ...

Amy Kelly’s students can’t get away with silence in her class. They can’t get away with having no opinions. And they certainly can’t get away from her relentless questioning–her whys and her hows.

What may calm your nerves is asking yourself a series of questions that challenge those disquieting thoughts’ legitimacy and perspective — this process is known as Socratic questioning. Named after ...

It can hardly be disputed that anyone (Christian or not) who studies philosophy or thinks logically at all is indebted to Socrates (469-399 B.C.) — one of the fathers of philosophy. In a nutshell, the ...