Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. We set an example for a better future via education and research. Sira Abenoza is a professor in the Department of Society, ...

Dialogue has always been at the core of human culture and understanding. Across ages and societies, it’s been around campfires, at dinner tables, or in the roundtable discussions of philosophers and ...

When students have the opportunity to participate in “Socratic seminars” on a regular basis, a different classroom culture evolves. The students collaborate more and more voices are heard. The ...

THE Portuguese are among the glummest people in Europe. According to a Eurobarometer poll, 92% see the economic situation as bad; fully 95% are depressed about their job prospects; and over half are ...

When we talk about education, and about tutoring in particular, we often speak of the Socratic method. Often what we mean when we refer to that method is simply something like a question-and-answer ...

IT SHOULD have been a night to celebrate. Portugal's centre-left Socialists won a historic victory in the election on February 20th. For the first time since the overthrow of the dictatorship in 1974, ...