By Cheryl A. Edwards So much in TOC depends on good questioning. Socratic questioning questioning that requires an answer that you or your students have not yet discovered, questioning that may often not have one right answer, questioning that really impels the learner to probe for an answer that creates a new reality. These are questions that probe the underlying logic or structure of our thinking and enable us to make reasonable judgements.
Socratic questions are open and if used appropriately can stimulate inquiry and exploration.
TOC represents a systematic way to question or to ask questions a way that encourages exploring, delving and investigating. Socratic questioning is not just for the gifted. Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you.