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- Title
Evaluating Teachers: The Case of Socrates.
- Authors
Haroutunian-Gordon, Sophie
- Abstract
This article focuses on the evaluation of effectiveness of teachers with an analysis of Socrates. Socrates may intend to bring his interlocutors to the state of aporia, that is, to the point where they recognize that they are wrong about what they believe and ignorant of that which they thought they knew. The issue debated in the literature, however, is whether Socrates is content to bring his interlocutors to a state of aporia. Some maintain that Socrates wants his interlocutors to strive for a more adequate understanding of the topic at hand, not merely to acknowledge their ignorance. According to Socrates recognition of ignorance is not enough. One should, in addition, seek knowledge and seek it to the point of reaching genuine understanding. Socrates then asserts that men become virtuous only if the divine dispense it. It is difficult to identify Socrates' pedagogic aims in the dialogues because the ambiguity in the texts makes it impossible to eliminate incompatible interpretations.
- Subjects
SOCRATES, ca. 469-399 B.C.; TEACHERS; APORIA; IGNORANCE (Theory of knowledge); SELF-perception; AMBIGUITY
- Publication
Teachers College Record, 1987, Vol 89, Issue 1, p117
- ISSN
0161-4681
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/016146818708900103