CFP: Teaching Hub @2018 APA Pacific
Call for Proposals
The AAPT/AAPT Teaching Hub
Teaching Descartes’s Meditations
Pacific Division APA meeting
March 28-April 1, 2018
San Diego, CA
The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) seeks panelists for a session on teaching Descartes’s Meditations, and related texts, at the Teaching Hub at the 2018 Pacific Division Meeting of the APA, March 28-April 1, in San Diego.
We envision approximately three different presentations on interesting or innovative approaches to teaching Descartes’s work in undergraduate classes. We hope to focus discussion mainly on pedagogy, but would be interested in various approaches to content, if they are tied to conversations about teaching. We also encourage critical approaches to teaching Descartes’s work that may challenge us to think about why and how we teach canonical texts.
Format: Consistent with the ethos of the AAPT, we expect presentations to be short, maybe fifteen minutes, engendering the sharing of ideas about different ways to teach the text among participants. We will appreciate proposals which include concrete ideas about how to make the session interactive.
Submissions: Proposals of no more than 500 words, prepared for anonymous review, should be sent to Russell Marcus, rmarcus1@hamilton.edu, by August 31, 2017. Please include a brief explanation of both your approach to teaching the core text and your experiences doing so. Supporting material, such as syllabi, handouts, or a CV, is also welcome; we are interested in ensuring representation of a range of voices.
Deadline for proposals: August 31, 2017.
We expect to select presenters by September 30, 2017.
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The AAPT/APA Teaching Hub is a set of sessions about teaching philosophy held at various divisional meetings of the APA, emphasizing inclusive and collegial interactions. The Teaching Hub coordinates conversations about the teaching of philosophy at all levels, pre-college through graduate school. For more information about the Teaching Hub at the 2018 Pacific Division Meeting, contact Mark Jensen, m.nathan.jensen@gmail.com.
