Teaching Philosophy Theoretical Reflections and Practical Suggestions

by Kasachkoff, Tziporah; Adler, Jonathan E.; Benjamin, Martin; Cadello, James P.; Cahn, Steven M.; Callahan, Joan C.; Chern, Jo A.; Daniel, Stephen H.; Eflin, Juli; Figdor, Carrie; Garver, Newton; Gracyk, Theodore A.; Hinman, Lawrence H.; Kelly, Eugene; Mart

• ISBN13: 9780742514485
• ISBN10: 074251448X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-19
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Here, two dozen distinguished philosophers share their insights and practical suggestions on a diverse range of pedagogic issues with essays on how to motivate students, constructing syllabi for particular courses, teaching particularly complex concepts, and constructing creative examinations.

Author Biography

Tziporah Kasachkoff is currently editor of The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy. She is also professor of philosophy and professor of social science at the City University of New York

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Tziporah Kasachkoff
Part I. Introducing Students to Philosophy
Teaching Introductory Philosophy	1	(3)
Steven M. Cahn
Introducing Philosophy	4	(14)
Newton Garver
Teaching Introductory Philosophy: A Restricted Topical Approach	18	(8)
V. Alan White
Jo A. Chern
Part II. Helping Our Students Improve
How to Improve Your Teaching	26	(5)
Steven M. Cahn
Reading and Interpretation: A Heuristic for Improving Students' Comprehension of Philosophy Texts	31	(10)
Jonathan E. Adler
Improving Student Papers in Introduction to Philosophy' Courses	41	(7)
Juli Eflin
Using Essay Exams to Teach and Not Merely to Assess	48	(13)
Carrie Figdor
Part III. Teaching Applied Ethics
From the ``Applied'' to the Practical: Teaching Ethics for Use	61	(13)
Joan C. Callahan
A Social Dilemma Game for an Ethics Class	74	(9)
Marshall Missner
Part IV. Teaching Philosophy with Computers
Teaching with a Screen	83	(15)
Lawrence M. Hinman
Part V. Teaching Aesthetics
The Case Method Approach to the Teaching of Aesthetics	98	(13)
Ronald Moore
Part VI. Teaching Philosophy of Religion
Teaching Philosophy of Religion (either as a full course or as part of an `Introduction to Philosophy')	111	(13)
Louis P. Pojman
Three Courses in Philosophy of Religion	124	(10)
Michael Martin
Part VII. Teaching Critical Thinking
Using Pseudoscience in a Critical Thinking Class	134	(8)
Kathleen Dean Moore
A Critical Thinking Portfolio	142	(7)
Theodore A. Gracyk
Part VIII. Teaching Philosophy through History
The Teaching of Philosophy---Historically	149	(13)
John J. McDermott
Part IX. Teaching Kant/Teaching Hegel
A User-Friendly Copernican Revolution	162	(5)
Merold Westphal
Charting Kant	167	(4)
James P. Cadello
On Teaching Hegel: Problems and Possibilities	171	(11)
John McCumber
Hegel and Family Values	182	(5)
Merold Westphal
Part X. Teaching Existentialism/Teaching Continental Philosophy
Teaching Existentialism	187	(10)
Eugene Kelly
Teaching Recent Continental Philosophy	197	(10)
Stephen H. Daniel
Part XI. Teaching Philosophical Explanation
Teaching `Inference to the Best Philosophical Explanation'	207	(25)
David B. Martens
Part XII. Teaching Philosophy of Gender
Teaching Gender Issues---Philosophically	232	(20)
Celia Wolf-Devine
Part XIII. Looking at What We Do in the Classroom
Uncovering the ``Hidden Curriculum'': A Laboratory Course in Philosophy of Education	252	(12)
Anthony Weston
A Graduate Seminar on Teaching Philosophy	264	(13)
Martin Benjamin
About the Contributors	277	(4)
About the Editor	281