ABSTRACT
For Socrates, the question-and-answer dialogue was a shared method for examining moral questions. Often he was refuting the claim of the other person. In other dialogues, rather than only dismantling inadequate claims and arguments, Socrates became the midwife who helped the other person give birth to his idea. Socratic dialogue also was differentiated to an individual. In effect, it was a one-on-one tutoring session. In the contemporary classroom, often it is more difficult, but not impossible, to teach students in this way. Keeping clearly in mind that the dialogue in the classroom will make any necessary adaptation to further student understanding, and that student responses may alter its direction, authors will look at how to plan and outline a dialogue.
