Hi! I'm new here and I find this very interesting.

I teach here in the Philippines and having this ongoing health crisis made a gigantic change on how teaching and reaching the students in a manner that somehow, I can assure to myself that they are learning something. Instead of the classic face to face class, we still conduct online classes.

Instead of conducting lectures during class, I use socratic method in teaching. Some of my students always complained every end of an academic semester that I don't teach them properly, which is truly disheartening on my part.

My purposes of using socratic method are very simple: (i) I want to verify if they really studied and understand the concept of our topics; (ii) I am trying to build their confidence in speaking in English language and at the same time, improve their speaking skills; (iii) I am trying to improve their study habit and their comprehensiom when being asked with complicated scenarios; and last (iv) I want them to be a better person and learn something beyond the four corners of the textbooks that they are reading.

I do believe in the "teamwork" between educator amd student that you mentioned here, as I always say to my students "I cannot help you without you studying".

Thank you for your beautiful article, this gave me more fuel to be a better educator. Cheers!