tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post2578133285090402877..comments2023-07-08T02:32:23.793-07:00Comments on Teaching Matters at LU: Our Mission to TeachNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04917082233981368034noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-21191415178742494122013-10-22T17:59:33.838-07:002013-10-22T17:59:33.838-07:00Hopefully more faculty will respond to an invitati...Hopefully more faculty will respond to an invitation to a faculty workshop or brown bag lunch and attend, than respond to a blog. It may be worth trying.<br /><br />Q: What sort of assignments/activities have you discovered to help students learn to stretch their brains and sharpen their thinking? <br />A: Reading of any of the philosophy classics e.g. Plato's Apology or Descartes' Meditations.<br /><br />Q: What can other non-philosophy faculty do in their courses that "encourages students to apply their [critical thinking skills]? <br />A: Incorporate an applied philosophy reading. There is an applied philosophy reading related to almost every discipline, e.g. philosophy of science, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of education, philosophy of law, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of sex, philosophy of religion, philosophy of politics (political philosophy), philosophy of morals (ethics), philosophy of art (aesthetics).<br /><br />Safro Kwame<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738925154661156525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-38336605034079054102013-10-22T17:37:08.110-07:002013-10-22T17:37:08.110-07:00So, Dr. Wadley, are you offering to share your the...So, Dr. Wadley, are you offering to share your therapeutic skills with us and deliver a stress-reduction workshop? (At a professional discount, of course.) If so, CETL would be happy to organize it!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335145674065415998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-3777758683234357682013-10-22T17:34:41.561-07:002013-10-22T17:34:41.561-07:00Good argument for more philosophy majors! I wonde...Good argument for more philosophy majors! I wonder, though, if simply taking the courses is enough to make people think critically. What sort of assignments/activities have you discovered to help students learn to stretch their brains and sharpen their thinking? What can other non-philosophy faculty do in their courses that "encourages students to apply their [critical thinking skills]? Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335145674065415998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-38600824166446736282013-10-21T08:06:56.297-07:002013-10-21T08:06:56.297-07:00Perhaps a faculty workshop or brown bag lunch abou...Perhaps a faculty workshop or brown bag lunch about managing burnout/stress or something on time management could be of great utility. Consideration for collaborative projects with one another may reduce some of our individual responsibilities.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874486246074334288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-28380474487739663842013-10-19T12:30:05.977-07:002013-10-19T12:30:05.977-07:00The first question about "helping students to...The first question about "helping students to think deeply" or "What kind of activities have you created that help students think more deeply and critically about the subject you’re teaching?" can easily be answered by philosophy. Philosophy is the only discipline, that I know of, which is specially designed for or dedicated to deep and critical thinking. In fact, deep and critical thinking is the definition of philosophy. Students should be encouraged to take a course or two in philosophy and encouraged to apply it (philosophy to other subjects).<br /><br />As for the second question about "helping them to build relationships" or "How do you structure your relationships with students so that you might provide a good template for their relationship-building in life after Lincoln?," I am not sure it is worth answering unless it is a course in relationship-building (that one is teaching). The job of a teacher is to teach, and teach well. Whether one, thereby, provides a good template for the relationship-building of students, in their lives after school, is secondary. Teachers, like all others, should try to live a good life. Whether students would emulate their teachers once they graduate, is up to the students. People, you must admit, sometimes prefer to model their lives after gangsters and criminals and have relationships with thieves and dictators. That, I am afraid, is their choice.<br /><br />Safro Kwame<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738925154661156525noreply@blogger.com