While classically and still today we find many teachers and professors or educational instructors presenting lectures, as far back as Socrates we find questions being used as a key learning tool. Perhaps one of the most key thoughts beyond all the information above is very simple. Teaching is learning. To teach is to learn. Good teachers learn and adapt to their students, and expand or refine their teaching material as they learn about themselves as well.
Students help teachers redefine their own horizons and levels of knowledge.
The Socratic Method of teaching raises questions and provides a powerful system that can useful across the board for so many purposes. One of the most useful facets of the Socratic Method of questioning is that it allows for quick evaluation of what a student does and does not know. Many parents and teachers do use different methods of questioning, however fail to aks appropriate questions or use an inappropriate style. Many fail to ask open ended questions. Instead they assume the answer.