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own original thinking in the context of examining their own ideas and
education as it aims "to develop crucial legal analytic skills, to accustom the
in which the student speaks in public." Scheider argues that the Socratic
student to think like a lawyer. A lawyer that is keen, creative and problem-
solving. Professor Stropus said that this teaching method will foster
analytical skills, encourage independent learning and provide students with
the opportunity to practice and refine verbal and rhetorical skills. Socratic
method helps students to think on their feet, engage in intellectual rigor and
learn about the legal process and the lawyers role. According to Paul
Bateman that the following goals that the method seeks to develop are the
logically determined, skills in employing and applying the above attitude and
ability to draw conclusions validly and to judge the validity of it. The Socratic
John Houseman, the film The Paper Chase, scares the pants off his Law
students by calling them at random. I ask you a question, and you answer
reasoning skills and ultimately move toward more rational thinking and ideas
examine their premonitions and beliefs while at the same time accepting the
interesting "benefits of using the Socratic method are that it gives the
students a chance to experience the attendant joy and excitement of
teaching questions critical thinking by tearing down old ideas and replacing
them with new ones. For instance, instead of discussing how to apply justice
in diverse social settings, a group of students may discuss the basic concept
them by a teacher engaged with the Socratic method, students get the
chance to discard their previous notions of justice and replace them with
something that is truly philosophically sound. The main difficulty with the
classic Socratic method is how to handle the diversity of responses that may
ideological values. While the Socratic Method has been acclaimed for its
summarized three areas of concern with the use of the use of the Socratic
Method in law schools: first, the method necessarily involves psychological
school population. The Socratic method shakes things up, destroys the
casual patterning, and looks for a better more comprehensive and logically
Philosophy is a search for the ideal architectonics of "all time and existence"
guarantee where we shall come out except that many objects, ends and
institutions are doomed. The Socratic Method has been criticized and these
are the method discriminates against women, the method is ineffective and
recent studies appear to demonstrate that there are some bias against
learning. With these, women feel threatened and alienated in patriarchal and
hierarchical and they have nothing to contribute and their voices are
excluded from the debate. This fosters a sense of inadequacy among women
ineffective because it is a time consuming process. Still others note that the
effectiveness is largely dependent on the skill of the respondents. When
examined, and evasive in that the professor hides the ball from the
beliefs. According to Ruta Stropus that the invasive and evasive nature of
studies suggest the Socratic Method has a negative impact on women and
are fielded appropriately among the students. For instance, the instructor
might decide to alternate between calling upon male and females students,
all students. As with other teaching methods, it is vital that the Socratic
insightful questions, and referring to such answers and questions later in the
being put on the spot. Finally, it is also important that the instructor explain