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Book SynopsisIn these essays, 24 of our most celebrated professors of philosophy address the problem of how to teach philosophy today: how to make philosophy interesting and relevant; how to bring classic texts to life; how to serve all students; and how to align philosophy with more "practical" pursuits. Selected and introduced by three leaders in the world of philosophical education, the insights contained in this inspiring collection illuminate the challenges and possibilities of teaching the academy’s oldest discipline.
Table of ContentsContents: Preface, by Steven M. Cahn
Introduction, by Alexandra Bradner and Andrew Mills
I. Teaching Philosophy: A Prologue 1. “What is Philosophy? What is Education?,” by Seung-Kee Lee
2. “Free to Think,” by Andrea Tschemplik
II. Teaching the Students 3. “Competing Visions,” by Maureen Eckert
4. “Learning to Teach,” by David Concepción
5. “Meeting Students Where They Are,” Paul Hurley
6. “Introducing Philosophy in a Large Classroom,” by Marie-Eve Morin
7. “Teaching Value Theory to the Disenfranchised,” by James Rocha
8. “Imagine Yourself in the Bird: Teaching Philosophy at the United States Military Academy,” by Courtney Morris
III. Teaching the Course 9. “Critical Thinking and Empowerment,” by Mark Piper
10. “Getting It Right: Forty Years of Intro to Philosophy,” by Stephen Daniel
11. “On Teaching ‘Happiness and the Meaning of Life,” by Christine Vitrano
12. “Learning not to Teach,” by Paul Woodruff
13. “Moments of Grace,” by Anthony Weston
IV. Teaching Beyond the Course 14. “Of Games and Confrontations,” by David C.K. Curry
15. “Is the Unexamined Life Worth Living?,” by David Palmer
16. “Teaching for Our Good,” by Bob Fischer
17. “A Slow Apprenticeship with the Real,” by John Whitmire
18. “Teaching Ethics, Happiness, & The Good Life: An Upbuilding Discourse in the Spirits of Søren Kierkegaard and John Dewey,” by Alex Stehn
V. Teaching the Teacher 19. “Teaching Philosophy to First Generation Students,” by Bertha Manninen
20. “Critical Thinking Can Save Your Life,” by Betsy Jelinek
21. “This is Teaching,” by Jane Drexler
22. “Teaching as a Humanism,” by Russell Marcus
23. “When Our Students Die,” by Nick Smith
24. “A Teaching Life,” by Martin Benjamin
