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 ...

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 ...

To paraphrase the former Yale Law School professor Fred Rodell, there are only two things wrong with conventional law-school teaching. One is style; the other is content. The dominant classroom ...

Teaching hasn’t always been organized the way it currently is in American schools. Back when Socrates was doing his thing in ancient Greece, teaching was a simple proposition. Students sat and ...

Whether shepherding Plato through deep philosophical exercises or pondering life’s fundamental mysteries with Bill and Ted, Socrates’ preferred teaching method involved posing challenging questions to ...

When I was in law school, the term “Socratic Method” caused fear in my heart. The idea is to foster a dialogue between teachers and students based on asking and answering questions, but the thought of ...

Every student and teacher across the globe experienced the massive challenges that evolved so ubiquitously as COVID-19 led to the shutdown of schools and a complete transformation of daily routines.

Keeping things vague for a purpose and being unclear about what to say are two different things.