Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>In recent decades mentoring as a desired praxis in educational organizations has gained prominence in discussions about learning and teaching. Mentoring as a concept in educational theory in the European tradition is connected to what has been called the Socratic Method. Master-teacher is a person of experience with whom young people can converse. Questions and reflections should develop young peoples’ curiosity and engagement in the search for new knowledge. I discuss this understanding of knowledge and learning in relation to what is called a “Socratic turn”: a master-apprenticeship model of learning where craft-based “hands-on activity” is central to learning. I discuss the problematic here in light of the scientific work of John Dewey, Célestin Freinet, Maria Montessori, Don Lorenzo Milani and Paulo Freire.</jats:p>