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APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy

2002 Report

Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy

Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley, Chair

Programs Sponsored at the Division Meetings: The committee continued its project of co-sponsoring programs with other APA Committees to emphasize the importance of excellence in teaching throughout the discipline of philosophy. Last year we co-sponsored programs on the teaching of Asian Philosophy and the teaching of American Indian Philosophy with the APA Committees on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies and on The Status of American Indians in Philosophy. This year we co-sponsored programs on “Teaching Continental Philosophy,” “Teaching Latin-American Philosophy,” “Teaching American Philosophy,” and “Teaching Feminist Philosophy.” We also co-sponsored programs on “The Impact of Computing on the Teaching of Philosophy,” and on “Using Philosophy to Teach Teachers.” These programs were done in collaboration with the APA Committee on Hispanics; the APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers; the APA Committee on Pre-College Philosophy as well as with the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy and the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. The programs sponsored are enumerated below.

Eastern Division, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2001

“The Impact of Computing on the Teaching of Philosophy.” Part I: Course Management Systems, Joel Smith, Carnegie Mellon University, Robert Cavalier, Carnegie Mellon University, Dan O’Reilly, University College of the Cariboo, Part II: The Computational Turn and Its Impact on the Teaching of Logic, Ethics & Epistemology, Marvin Croy, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Richard Volkman, Southern Connecticut State, David Cole, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Part III: The Issue of Distance Learning, Ron Barnette, Valdosta State, Joe Dorbolo, Oregon State University. “Teaching Continental Philosophy: Pedagogy, Revolution and Mythemes,” Anne O’Byrne, Hofstra University, “Pedagogy Without Project: Teaching Revolution and Rebellion.” Greg Johnson, Pacific Lutheran University, “The Work of Teaching Continental Philosophy.” Bettina Bergo, Loyola College of Maryland, “The Impossible Solution and the Mythemes of the Other.” “Using Philosophy to Teach Teachers,” Mark Weinstein, Montclair State University,“ Philosophy at the Core of Teacher Education: The Montclair Model.” Dale Turner, CSU, Pomona, “Philosophy as Teacher Training.” Megan Laverty, Montclair State University, “Teaching for Moral Judgment.” Jack Russell Weinstein, University of North Dakota, “Teaching Critical Thinking with Substance: Integrating the Community of Experts into Reasoning Courses for Education Majors.” “Introducing Diversity into the Philosophy Curriculum.” Jorge E. Gracia, SUNY, Buffalo, “The History and Status of Latin American Philosophy in the United States.” Eduardo Mendieta, SUNY, Stony Brook, “Ways of Teaching Latin-American Philosophy.” Susana Nucettelli, St. Cloud University, “Using Latin American Philosophy in an Introduction to Philosophy Course.” Anne Faire Asbaugh, Rutgers University, “Working with Diverse Students.”

The Pacific Division, Seattle, Washington, March 2002

Teaching Feminism,” Yoko Arisaka, University of San Francisco, Kaarina Beam, Linfield College, Noah Marten, University of Portland, Jeff Gauthier, University of San Francisco.

The Central Division, Chicago, Illinois, April 2002

“Teaching American Philosophy.” Ann Clark, St. Mary’s College, “ Undoing Certainty in an Age of Uncertainty: What Do Students Need from Philosophy?” Marci Moon, University of Hartford, “Beyond Postmodernism to Pragmatism.” Randall Auxier, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, “A Stupid waste of Time: The APA Ambivalence Toward the Vocation of Teaching, Then and Now.”
Grant on “Institutionalizing Community Service Learning in Philosophy” from Campus Compact, Brown University. In February, 2002 the American Philosophical Association, through its Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy, was awarded $32,700 from Campus Compact to support project activities designed to continue promotion of service-learning within the discipline society. With these grant funds, the following activities are completed and/or in process. Community Service Learning Web Site. In conjunction with our existing On-Line Learning Resource Center we have established a “Community Service Learning Resources Section.” This includes posted syllabi for philosophy courses with community service learning components as well other helpful resources and links to other web sites about community service learning. Bibliography on Community Service Learning. As part of the On-Line Community Service Learning Resource Section, there is a Bibliography section with various links to bibliographical sites. Community Service Learning Workshop. As part of the grant project, the APA Committee on Teaching is sponsoring a one-day workshop on Community Service Learning. This is to be held in conjunction with the 14th Biennial International AAPT Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy July 31st-August 4th at Thomas More College in Crestville Hills, Kentucky. The program for the workshop is as follows: Brief Introductions (Dr. Jackie Kegley); Overview of Community Service Learning, Its Nature and Its Progress (Ed Zlotkowski, Senior Fellow, Campus Compact, Series Editor, AAHE Series: Service Learning in the Disciplines); Two Workshop Sessions on Service Learning in Philosophy (John Valentine, author, “Service Learning in Teaching Philosophy,” in Beyond the Tower: Concepts & Models Of Service Learning in Philosophy and Stephen Esquith, author, “Service Learning Citizenship and Philosophy of Law,” in Beyond the Tower: Concepts & Models Of Service Learning in Philosophy); Workshop on Community Service Learning Research & Assessment (Andrew Furco, Graduate School of Education, University of California at Berkeley); Poster Sessions; Wrap-Up Session.

Grant Competitions

Another part of the Community Service Learning Project is two grant competitions. Forty persons will receive $50 for submitting innovative course and syllabi material on philosophy and service learning to the APA Committee on Teaching CSL Web Section. Up to 16 persons will receive $500-$800 grants for community service learning course development.

Survey on Community Service Learning

With funds from the project, the APA Committee on Teaching is conducting a survey of all programs in philosophy to discover the status of community service learning. Questions concern number of courses embodying community service learning components, number of faculty engaged in community service learning, and types of philosophy courses in which there is community service learning. The survey also asks about perceived value of these community service learning activities.