It's been 2,400 years since he taught his last class, but the teaching method Socrates created, and that bears his name, lives on today. 50 Great Teachers: Socrates, The Ancient World's Teaching ...

If you’re reading this and grew up going to Western schools, you might remember your teachers following this basic formula: Explain a subject from the blackboard, ask the kids questions that test ...

A little-known mission of Blogma is to foster higher levels of education. (Granted, our posts don't always show it.) We thusly point to this fascinating post about an experiment to teach third-graders ...

For the second year in row, local Yiddish learning organization Arbeter Ring (Workmen’s Circle) will offer Secular Yeshiva, a bimonthly course with Socratic-style seminars, focused on “history and ...

Today, NPR Ed kicks off a yearlong series: 50 Great Teachers. We're starting this celebration of teaching with Socrates, the superstar teacher of the ancient world. He was sentenced to death more than ...

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