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Why We Teach

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This chapter discusses the notion that teaching is all about facilitating the development of “real knowledge” in students. This is defined as “wisdom” or conceiving the truth of a subject. Lectures and textbooks are not effective vehicles for facilitating real knowledge. Classical texts and the figure of Socrates are more helpful in that regard.

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Dillon, J.J. (2016). Why We Teach. In: Teaching Psychology and the Socratic Method. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95050-8_1

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