Remote Synchronous Learning: Some Thoughts
Like most of you, I had not taught a synchronous online class before 2020, and, perhaps, I never will again after 2021. That said,...
Syllabus Showcase: Religions of the World, Barbara Brown Taylor
Piedmont College is a private, four-year, church-related, liberal arts college in rural northeast Georgia that will become Piedmont University in 2021, almost 125 years...
Helping Philosophy Students Persuade for the November 3rd Election
In the last week before the November presidential election, are we philosophy instructors setting our students up to fail in arguing about climate change,...
Syllabus Showcase: Public Philosophy, Claire Michael and Ravit Dotan
Public philosophy is philosophy oriented towards the general public. In our class, titled “Public Philosophy” and taught at UC Berkeley in the Spring of...
Praxis in the U.S.-Mexico Border: Inside the El Paso Community College Philosophy Club
Philosophy has historically excluded the voices of women and people of color. The Philosophy Club of El Paso Community College (EPCC) is transforming this...
Syllabus Showcase: Methods and Cases in Social Ethics, Mark Coppenger
Methods and Cases in Social Ethics is an SBTS doctoral seminar I inherited, but one I happily embraced, having written a good deal in...
Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy for Children, Alex Sager
We’re sitting in a circle on the floor with a group of elementary Montessori students, waiting for the cello concert to start. Ara, who...
No Online, Ed-Tech Tool Will Save The Fall Semester
The fall semester promises to change the game in education. With many colleges and universities going either completely or partially online, the gates have...
Syllabus Showcase: Apologetical Ethics, Mark Coppenger
My doctoral seminar in Apologetical Ethics grew out of a commissioned book I did for B&H, Moral Apologetics for Contemporary Christians: Pushing Back Against Cultural...
Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy of Race, Eric Bayruns García
I will teach two sections of this philosophy of race course at California State University, San Bernardino this coming Fall 2020 semester. I have...