目录 Letter to the reader Introduction Part One:A taxonomy of socratic questions based in critical thinking concepts Questions that Target the Parts of Thinking Questions that Target the Quality of Reasoning The Art of Socratic Questioning Checklist Four Directions in Which to Pursue Thought Three Kinds of Questions Asking One-System, No-System, and Conflicting-System Questions Questioning Questions: Identifying Prior Questions Asking Complex Interdisciplinary Questions Part Two: Socratic Questioning Transcripts Transcript One: Exploring the Mind and How It Works (Elementary School) Transcript Two: Helping Students Organize Their Thoughts for Writing (Middle School) Transcript Three: Helping Students Think Deeply About Basic Ideas (High School) Transcript Four: Helping Students Think Seriously About Complex Social Issues (High School) Part Three: The Mechanics of Socratic Questioning Three Kinds of Socratic Discussion Wondering Aloud About Truth and Meaning Sources of Student Befief General Guidelines for Socratic Questioning Part Four: The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking, and Learning Part Four: The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking, and Learning The Teacher as Questioner Understanding Content as Interrelated Systems with Real-Life Connections. Thinking Is Driven by Questions Part Five: Socrates,the socratic method,and critical thinking A Definition of Socratic Questioning On Socrates The Intellectual Virtues as Displayed by Socrates The Systematic Nature of the Socratic Method Placing the Dialectic Process at the Heart of Teaching The Historical Contribution of Socrates The Concept of Critical Thinking What Critical Thinking Brings to Socratic Questioning Appendices Appendix A: Patterns in Teaching that Incorporate Socratic Dialogue Appendix B: Analyzed Transcript of a Socratic Dialogue from Plato's Euthyphrc Appendix C: More On Socrates