What's in a Question?

Socrates was one of the greatest teachers the world has ever seen. Teaching the pedagogic way by means of asking questions was his hallmark. He would never provide answers to the questions his pupils asked. Instead, he hurled back a question to make the student think and reflect. The outcome was a deep learning and, in the process, a skill-building exercise for the pupil to learn to question. Thus was born the art and science of Socratic questioning.