Maieutics (s or s) is a pedagogical method synonymous with the Socratic Method. Maieutics is based on the belief that many important lessons and truths cannot be taught directly as a transmission of knowledge from an instructor to a learner, but instead the learner learns these truths for interacting with an instructor and through their own experi... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maieutics
Ma·ieu'tics noun The art of giving birth ( i. e. , clearness and conviction) to ideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth. Payne. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/8
maieutics 1. Obstetrics, the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and the care of the mother. 2. The art of giving birth; such as, clearness and conviction, to ideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1238/