Since the Renaissance, the Socratic Method has been adapted to teach diverse subjects, including medicine, law, and mathematics. Each discipline selects elements and emphases from the Socratic Method that are appropriate to teaching individuals or groups how to reason judiciously within that subject. By looking at some of the great practitioners of Socratic questioning in the past, "Socratic Methods in the Classroom" explains how teachers may use questioning, reasoning, and dialogue to encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and independent learning in the secondary classroom. Through a variety of problems, cases, and simulations, teachers will guide students through different variations of the Socratic Method, from question prompts to the case method. Students will learn to reason judiciously, gain an understanding of important issues, and develop the necessary skills to discuss these issues in their communities.

Introduction -- Critical thinking: Rigorous reasoning with balanced judgment -- From Socratic method to Socratic methods -- Maieutic questioning: Renaissance problem solving in science and medicine -- The legal adaptation of the Socratic method -- Socratic role-playing -- Writing philosophical dialogues in the classroom -- Socratic methods: In what way Socratic? To what extent Socratic?.