Focuses on the mechanics of Socratic dialogue, on the conceptual tools that critical thinking brings to Socratic dialogue, and on the importance of questioning in cultivating the disciplined mind. --from publisher description.

Cover title. "Based on critical thinking concepts & tools."

Taxonomy of socratic questions based in critical thinking concepts -- Socratic questioning transcripts -- Mechanics of socratic questioning -- Role of questions in teaching, thinking, and learning -- Socrates, the socratic method, and critical thinking -- Appendices: Patterns in teaching that incorporate socratic dialogue -- Analyzed transcript of a socratic dialogue from Plato's euthyphro -- More on socrates.