Innovations in teaching philosophy : a toolkit for the 21st-century classroom / edited by Brynn F. Welch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Welch, Brynn F., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Study and teaching.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Innovations in Teaching Philosophy tackles the current challenges in higher education with bite-size chapters offering practical advice on a variety of issues. Here you will find guidance from award-winning teachers about what they have tried in the classroom, how it worked, and why they did it. Motivated by a recognition of the ever-changing landscape philosophy teachers face, the conversational tone of the short chapters emphasize accessibility and practicality. Standalone chapters allow you to gravitate toward what worries or inspires you the most. The focus throughout is on the most pressing features of the current teaching environment: the role of technology and the desire to make classrooms more inclusive. Contributors encourage and make space for building a community, rethinking who teachers and students are and what a philosophy class can and should look like. A final section written exclusively by students considers the wonders and woes of the various styles of teaching they have encountered. This essential companion is packed with tried and tested tools ready to be modified and adopted to suit your goals as an instructor. Here is a chance to better understand what you want for your course, for the students and for the immensely rewarding experience of teaching philosophy.

Contents:

Part I: Teaching with Purpose

1. "Good Enough" Pedagogy / Emily Lange, Abram Capone, and Claire Lockard

2. Rethinking Backwards Design and Learning Outcomes / Rebecca Scott

3. Learning to Fail / Joanna Lawson and Christopher Blake-Turner

4. Thinking about Doing Rather than Telling: The Purpose of Philosophy via Experiential Learning / Madeline Ahmed Cronin

5. Philosophy in the K-12 Philosophy and College Classroom / Claire Katz

6. Welcoming "The Animal": Including Other-than-Humans in the Philosophy Classroom / Karen S. Emmerman

7. Teaching for the Process of Learning / Renée J. Smith

Part II: Community in the Classroom

8. Philosophy and Intersectionality / Anwar Uhuru

9. Integrative Pedagogy is Inclusive Pedagogy / Becky Vartabedien

10. Story Time: On Making Sense and Nurturing Empathy in the Philosophy Classroom / Carlos Alberto Sánchez

11. I Don't Have the Guts for This: How Losing Twenty Percent of My Small Intestine Changed My Teaching / John Wolfe

12. Taming In-Class Participation: How to Use Participation to Foster Belonging and Deep Philosophical Engagement in the Classroom / Aliosha Barranco Lopez

13. The Socratic Method Reclaimed and Reformed / Heather Anne Phillips

14. Neuro-Inclusive Pedagogy in Philosophy Classrooms / Amelia Hicks and JayJay Mudridge

15. From Accommodation to Access: Decentering Ableism and Respectability Culture in the Classroom / Quill R Kukla.

Part III: Expanding the Teaching Toolkit

16. AI in the Classroom: Friend, Foe, or Forget About It? / John Basl and Vance Ricks

17. Reading Together: Using Perusall to Help Students Learn How to Engage with Readings / K. Lindsey Chambers

18. Using Packback to Bring Back the Fun of Discussion Boards / Brynn F. Welch

19. Using Audio and Video Feedback on Student Writing / Julia Staffel

20. Applying Ethics: Engaging with Virtual Reality / Lauren Traczykowski

21. Just Ask Them! / Danielle (Dani) Clevenger

22. Teaching Critical Thinking with Directional Analysis / Teresa Kouri Kissel

23. Mitigating Misconceptions about Hypotheticals / David O'Brien

24. Philosophy Goes to Couples Therapy: A Tool for Teaching Ethical Dialogue / Joshua May

25. Whose Argument is it Anyway: Integrating Improv Games into the Philosophy Classroom / Russell Marcus, Nathalie Martinez, and Ashley Pryor

26. Expanding our Pedagogical Toolbox: Using Personas to Achieve Course Goals / Andrew P. Mills, Monica "Mo" Janzen, and Sarah K. Donovan

Part IV: Teaching in Motion

27. Mentoring the First Big Project: Two Pages at a Time / Karen Adkins

28. When Computers Crash and Dogs Eat Your Homework: Teaching Students to Rewrite from Scratch / Barbara Cohn

29. Virtuous Dialogues in Epistemic Communities: Helping Students Understand the Value of Citations / Cassie Finley and Kristopher G. Phillips

30. Readiness Testing in the Philosophy Classroom / Dustin Locke 31. Failing in Front of Your Peers: A New Pedagogy of Logic / Sara L. Uckelman

32. A Plea for More Collaborative Student Assignments / Candice Delmas

33. Students Need Need: Against inert

and towards catalyzing

dialogue and presentations / Stephen Bloch-Schulman and Ann J. Cahill

34. Curiosity and Creative Conversations: Meeting Students Where They Are / W. John Koolage.

Part V: Student Reflections

35. Reflections from a Non-Traditional Student / Amy Soulis

36. The Role of Students in Teaching Philosophy / Nadira Jeethandran

37. Navigating Discussions of Identity / Jordan Price

38. Students Are Philosophers If You Invite Them To Be / Aiyana Race

39. Graduate Students are Educators, Too / Henry C. Curcio

Part VI: Making It Count

40. Making the Case for the Value of Teaching Through Self-Authorship: From "What Does the Discipline Want of Me?" to "Who Do I Want to Be?" / Stephen Bloch-Schulman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781350544871

OCLC:

1552791695