Relating to or involving catechesis; concerning religious instruction through questions and answers.
From Greek 'katechetikos,' derived from 'katechein' (to teach by word of mouth). It entered English in the 16th-17th centuries to describe teaching methods that were fundamentally Socratic and repetitive.
Catechetic methods are basically the ancestor of today's interactive learning—instead of lecture-dump, it's conversation-based teaching that forces you to think and respond, which is why teachers still use Socratic questioning centuries later.
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