Teaching philosophy / edited by Andrea Kenkmann.

In the current academic climate, teaching is often seen as secondary to research. Teaching Philosophy seeks to bring teaching philosophy higher on the academic agenda. An international team of contributors, all of whom share the view that philosophy is a subject that can transform students, offers p...

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Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Contributors: Kenkmann, Andrea
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Teaching philosophy in context: or knowledge does not keep any better than fish / Gillian Howie
  • Wisdom and virtue: or what do philosophers teach? / Michael McGhee
  • Why teach philosophy? / Phil Hutchinson and Michael Loughlin
  • Teaching philosophy: a somaesthetic approach / Richard Shusterman
  • Philosophy and place-based pedagogies / William Edelglass
  • Escaping the cave: experiential learning in the classroom, community and correctional institutions / Drew Leder
  • Philosophy is/as the power of words / Matt Lavery and Rupert Read
  • Teaching philosophy through metaphor / Panayiota Vassilopoulou
  • Feeling the force of argument / Brendan Larvor
  • Philosophy and education for wisdom / Maughn Gregory and Megan Laverty
  • Pedagogy of recovery / Maya Levanon
  • Philosophical praxis as a community of wonder in education and professional guidance / Finn Thorbjørn Hansen.