Resources for Teaching Philosophy
The following are some resources for teaching philosophy at the
university level.
Organizations
& Web Resources
General:
American Association of
Philosophy Teachers - includes a listserv and newsletter.
UC Berkeley's Teaching
Resources - for TAs, not specific to philosophy.
Cornell's Center for
Teaching Excellence - lots of tips and ideas for designing
courses, not specific to philosophy.
Teach Philosophy 101
- a very extensive site.
American
Philosophical Association's Teaching Resources page.
The Open Syllabus Project - Lots of
syllabuses plus statistical evaluations (e.g., what is the most
assigned textbook for a Introduction to Philosophy course, etc.)
Topic Specific:
American Society for
Aesthetics - numerous links and on-line articles on teaching
aesthetics.
The Foundation For
Critical Thinking - includes essays on teaching critical
thinking and many other resources.
Books
NOTE: There are numerous books on college teaching. The following
list is limited to works at least in part written by or for
philosophers.
Blackburn, Patrick,
Tools for
Teaching Logic: Third International Congress, (Springer,
2011).
Cahn, Steven M.,
Teaching
Philosophy: A Guide, (Routledge, 2018).
Cahn, Steven, et al, ed.s,
Philosophers
in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching, (Hackett, 2018)
Callahan, Sidney and Sisela Bok,
Ethics Teaching in Higher Education, (Springer,
1980).
Clay, Marjorie, ed.,
Teaching
Theory of Knowledge, (Council for Philosophical Studies,
1986).
Available
online.
- collection of papers, syllabi,
etc., resulting from the 1986 NEH Summer Institute on Theory of
Knowledge.
Evans, David and Ioanna Kucuradi,
Teaching Philosophy on the Eve of the Twenty-First
Century, (Ankara: International Federation of
Philosophical Societies, 1998).
Gullett, Margaret, ed.,
The Art
and Craft of Teaching, (Harvard University Press, 1984).
- collection of articles
originally intended for TAs at Harvard University; excellent
discussion of the basics. Includes an article by Thomas Kasulis.
Hamlyn, D. W.,
Being A
Philosopher: The History of A Practice, (Routledge,
1992).
- apparently mostly about the history of the teaching of the
discipline.
Kasachkoff, Tziporah, ed.,
In
The Socratic Tradition, (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997).
- collection of articles from the
APA Newsletter on Teaching
Philosophy; an excellent resource.
Kasachkoff, Tziporah, ed.,
Teaching
Philosophy: Theoretical Reflections and Practical Suggestions,
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2004).
- collection of articles from the
APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy.
Kenkmann, Andrea, ed.,
Teaching
Philosophy, (Bloomsbury, 2009).
Markie, Peter J., ed.,
A
Professor's Duties, (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994).
- collection of articles dealing with the ethics of college
teaching.
Schneewind, J. B., ed.,
Teaching
New Histories of Philosophy, (University Center for Human
Values, 2004).
- collection of articles on teaching history of philosophy.
There was also a series of books on teaching ethics entitled "The
Teaching of Ethics" and published by The Hastings Center around
1980. It contained roughly a dozen volumes, many specific to a
certain area of applied ethics (e.g., one on teaching ethics in
the military, one on teaching bioethics, etc.).
Journals
Journals Devoted to Teaching Philosophy
AAPT
Studies in Pedagogy
APA Studies on Teaching Philosophy -
formerly their newsletter, many issues available on-line.
Analytic
Teaching and Philosophical Praxis
Discourse:
Learning and Teaching Philosophical and Religious Studies
Journal of Business
Ethics Education
Journal
of Didactics of Teaching Philosophy
Teaching
Business Ethics - now defunct.
Teaching
Ethics
Teaching Philosophy
Teaching
Theology and Religion
Metaphilosophy
- since 1971, has included a regular section entitled "The
Philosopher as Teacher." (Dupre Library: B1.M461970-1977;
Ebscohost)
Selected Journals Devoted to College
Teaching in General
College
Teaching
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching