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Inductive Teaching: Train Your Class Like Holmes and Watson

What makes Sherlock Holmes such a great detective? Is it his British charm and quick wit? His encyclopedic knowledge of crime, Greater London and understanding of human behavior? Or is it his determination to get results and the logical process of inductive reasoning?

For us, reading and watching the world-renowned detective’s mystery-solving processes unfold is just as exciting as the end reveal.

But little did we know that we’d been implementing a teaching method known as inductive teaching in my English classroom from day one.

If you’re stuck wondering what exactly an inductive process of teaching involves, how it can be used in an English classroom setting and the possible pitfalls of such an approach, then it’s time to grab your tape measure, deerstalker hat and magnifying glass.

Because in this blog post, we’ll investigate this ultra-effective teaching method together!


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