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ERIC Number: EJ128010
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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I'm Sick of Socrates
Charmichael, Douglas
Improving College and University Teaching, 23, 4, 252, F 75
Argues that the Socratic method of teaching has limitations in the modern classroom--as he indicates Socrates and Plato also recognized--including the difficulty of a dialog with 35 pupils and the time-consuming nature of the trial and error procedure. (JT)
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Instruction, Higher Education, Large Group Instruction, Student Participation, Student Teacher Relationship, Teaching Methods
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Audience: Practitioners
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Identifiers: Plato; Socrates; Socratic Method