Is There a Hierarchy in Teaching?

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The socratic method combines the sort of calling on students, and especially students who wouldn't necessarily be so inclined to raise their hands. It's interesting to sort of resinates with me. Im an i rupan family, where being loud and argumentative was probably prized. But i also grew up in germany, in an educational system that was reasonably deferential towards teachers. Some of the criticisms against this method is that its somehow being cast as hierarchical or as putting down students.

Jeannie Suk Gersen is the John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a contributing writer at The New Yorker. She writes widely about the law and its impact on society.

In this week’s conversation, Jeannie Suk Gersen and Yascha Mounk discuss the value of robust debate in law school classrooms, the perils of eroding due process in the name of progress, and the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.

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