dialectical teaching

a method that engages students in a critical examination of their reasoning through repeated questioning of their answers, much as Socrates is portrayed as doing in the Platonic dialogues. Also called dialectical method.

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May 8th 2024

morula

n. an early stage of embryological development, extending from the first cleavage of the zygote until the blastula is formed by further divisions of daughter cells.