Socratic teaching is a powerful method for empowering learners. If a teacher assumes the role of the Socratic Questioner then they need to be responsible for a number of things:the questioner must keep the discussion focussed and responsiblethe questioner must ask the correct probing questions to keep the discussion stimulatedthe questioner needs to summarise the discussion and clearly state what has, and hasn't, been resolvedthe questioner should engage with as many people as possibleSocrates uses a method known as Socratic