[Conference Materials] Overarching Question Assignments
On: Aug 17, 2012 @ 1:03 PM
- Post Title: Overarching Question Assignments
- Post Author: Erica Stonestreet
- Description: This session presented an assignment design meant to engage introductory students in not only learning about philosophy, but also in doing some. Many introductory survey courses are already organized around questions or problems such as free will, skepticism, the existence of God, etc. But (in my experience) students often come to a course expecting to be asked to master a body of knowledge—they expect to learn about philosophy, and not necessarily to do philosophy. The motivating hope of the overarching question assignment is that adding an element of doing philosophy helps to engage students. The session should be of particular interest to those prefer problem-based organization and also to those who teach “human nature” courses, which can be especially difficult to organize around problems.
- Attachment 1: Overarching Question Homeworks (08-17-12-01-03-15).docx (21 kB)
- Attachment 2: AAPT slides (08-17-12-01-03-15).pptx (74 kB)
- Attachment 3: AAPT HN syllabus example (08-17-12-01-03-15).docx (27 kB)
- Attachment 4: AAPT agenda (08-17-12-01-03-15).docx (20 kB)
- Resources related to (check all that apply):: Writing Skills, Learning Objectives
- Other resource type(s): Engaging assignments
- Selected License: CC: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
