Socratic Questioning

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Communication

Foundational Lexiconasking to teach
Executive Parlanceinquiry-based learning
Scholarly Discoursedialectical method
Babel ZenithSocratic Method
Origin: Socrates

Etymology & Meaning

Teaching through questions rather than statements.

In the Boardroom

Guiding someone to discover the answer themselves.

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