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APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy

2001 Report

Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy

Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley, Chair

A major goal for this year for the committee was to develop a variety of divisional programs on the teaching of philosophy in cooperation with other APA committees, particularly those on diversity and for specialty areas of philosophy. This effort began last year with a jointly sponsored program at the Pacific Division meetings in Albuquerque, New Mexico on "Teaching American Indian Philosophy." At the Eastern Division meeting in New York City in December, 2000, there was a Special Session arranged by the APA Committee on the Status of Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies and the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy. The panel was entitled "Teaching Asian Philosophy for Non-Specialists." Chaired by Alan Fox (University of Delaware), the panel consisted of the following presentations: "Teaching Buddhist Philosophy"- Dan Lusthaus (Yogacara Association); "How to Teach Chinese Philosophy Analytically,"- JeeLoo Liu (SUNY, Geneseo); "Teaching Hindu Philosophy" by Stephen Kaplan (Manhattan College); and "Teaching Daoist Philosophy,"- Alan Fox (University of Delaware). At the Central Division meeting in Minneapolis there was a program jointly sponsored with the APA Committee on Hispanics. The panel session was entitled "Incorporating Latino/Latin American Philosophy into Course Curricula." The panel was chaired by Jacquelyn Ann Kegley (California State University, Bakersfield). The speakers were Anne Freire Ashbaugh (Rutgers University); Jorge Gracia (State University of New York at Buffalo); Eduardo Mendieta (University of San Francisco); and Susana Nuccetelli (St. Cloud University). Plans are set for programs at the Eastern division jointly sponsored with the APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers and with the Society for Continental Philosophy. Other programs are being projected with the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy and the APA Committee on Pre-College Philosophy.

The committee also sponsored separate programs at each of the divisions. At the Eastern division there was a session entitled "Is Teaching Integral to Philosophy?" The panel topics and participants were as follows: "Is There a Tradition of Teaching in the APA?"- James Campbell (University of Toledo); "Consider the FACTs: Faculty Committees for Teaching,"- Betsy Newell Decyk (CSU, Long Beach); "Teaching, Community and Public Philosophy,"- Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley (CSU, Bakersfield); and "Is There a Philosophy of Teaching?"- Rosalind Ladd (Wheaton College). At the Pacific Division there was a symposium on "Cheating and Plagiarism in Academia." Topics and participants were as follows: "The Research on Cheating and Academic Integrity"- Sally Coast (Judicial Officer, Emeritus, Stanford University); "Academic Integrity and the Web,"- Larry Hinman (University of San Diego); and "Creating a Climate for Academic Integrity,"- Christopher Meyers (Kegley Institute of Ethics, CSU, Bakersfield). At the Central Division a session was held on "The Role of Teaching Assistants in Philosophy." Rosalind Ladd (Wheaton College) chaired the session. The presenter was Martin Benjamin (Michigan State University).

In conjunction with the Central Division meeting of the APA the Teaching Committee co-sponsored with the Minnesota Campus Compact a workshop on "Service Learning in Philosophy." Additional co-sponsors were the American Association of Higher Education, the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, the American Philosophical Association and the Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning. The chair participated as a workshop speaker and as a member of a panel. Plans are underway for projects on service learning to be co-sponsored by the AAHE.

The committee continues to seek external funding both for the On-Line Teaching Resource Center and for seminars for teaching seminars. In addition the committee is editing and reconstructing the APA statement on Assessment and the booklet on the "Philosophy Major."