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Socratic dialogue

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A teaching approach based on leading sequences of questions

(See 'Socratic dialogue')

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge. View all posts by Keith

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