Please widely distribute the call for applications below, especially to your graduate students.  

Dave

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

 

The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT)

To Improve The Quality Of Instruction In Philosophy At All Level

Workshop: Teaching & Learning in Philosophy

 

Location:                     San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (refreshments provided)

Date:                           Saturday, March 7, 2015

Time:                           9am ­ 5pm

Seminar Leader:           David W. Concepción, AAPT President

                                    Bill Anelli, AAPT member-at-large

                                    Paul Green, Longtime AAPT member

Application Deadline: Jan. 30, 2015

Description

Participants will read some of the best literature regarding how learning happens, how to design maximally effective courses, and how to improve classroom practice. The goal is not only to provide tips, although we will provide some. Rather, the seminar is designed to enhance participants¹ ability to make effective pedagogical choices. The interactive sessions provide opportunities for participants to reflect with colleagues on how to individualize evidence-based best teaching practices to one¹s own idiosyncratic teaching contexts. Participants will learn how to identify and select challenging and transformative learning objectives and how to design and assess sequences of learning activities to make the achievement of those goals highly likely. The friendships and collegial relationships begun here can last a lifetime.

Comments from Past Participants

³The seminar shifted and honed the way I think about and practice teaching in substantial ways²

³Inspiring, fascinating, and incredibly helpful²

³A must for anyone who cares about students²

³An intensive boot-camp for learner-centered education²

³Not at all like the typical (mostly useless) ³teaching orientation² that most graduate students get²

³A surreal experience in which one is surrounded by many philosophers who place teaching before research²

Average evaluation of participants in the past six years: 3.7 of 4 stars

 

Eligibility & Fees

The workshop is open to, and free for, members of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers. Become a member today. Student membership is $25 and regular membership is $40. To join the AAPT at the same time you apply to participate in this workshop, go to: http://www.pdcnet.org/aapt/American-Association-of-Philosophy-Teachers-(AAPT)

 

 

 

APPLICATION

 

AAPT

Workshop on Teaching and Learning in Philosophy

March 7, 2015

 

To apply please send the following two items to Seminar Leader David W. Concepción, [log in to unmask]

 

(1) Provide the following information

Name:

Email:

Institutional Affiliation (if any):

Major Field(s) of Interest:

 

(2) In no more than 500 words total, provide both of the following:
(i) A statement of your interest in the seminar or description of what you hope to gain from the seminar

(ii) A very brief description of your previous teaching experience and current teaching context

 

Contact Information

For additional information regarding the workshop, please contact David W. Concepción, [log in to unmask].

For additional information regarding the AAPT please see the AAPT website at: http://www.philosophyteachers.org or contact Emily Esch, Executive Director, [log in to unmask].

 

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Jan. 22, 2015