The Center for Ethics and Education creates audio pieces to give faculty and students the tools to bridge philosophy and education. This audio is available for download and is intended for use in undergraduate and graduate education classes, and by anyone interested in ethics and education.
Ethics & Education Podcast: https://anchor.fm/ethicsandeducation
Humor, Movement, and Multimedia (Teaching Series #4)
Philosopher Jen Kling talks about all the themes of our 2021 teaching series: philosophy as both a skillset and a disposition, finding an entry point for students new to philosophy, and using games to teach social contract theory. She has a lot of fun in the classroom.
Being in Love with Knowledge (Teaching Series #3)
Bailey Szustak is a PhD student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In this episode, Bailey talks about teaching new philosophy students in a way that helps them feel at ease with and compelled by philosophy. After all, that’s what the word ‘philosophy’ means–a love of knowledge.
Teaching Feminist Critiques of Social Contract Theory (Teaching Series #2)
At CEE, we think a lot about good teaching. This is the second episode in our 2021 Teaching Series. In this episode, Susan Kennedy talks about teaching non-canonical texts, using games to teach feminist critiques of social contract theory, teaching students how to conference, and offers some advice for teaching STEM students.
Argument and Curiosity: Practicing the Skills (Teaching Series #1)
Teaching, Indoctrination, and Trust
Who do you trust? Are universities trustworthy? Professors? What about students? Philosopher Tony Laden (UIC Chicago) is writing a book about democracy. He sees higher ed as a way to think about trust networks and broader questions about how we talk to each other.
Why Principles?
Where do principles fit in decision-making? With Philosophy Professor Jaime Ahlberg (University of Florida).
New Universities and Relational Equality
Sociologist Laura Hamilton discusses racial hierarchies and new universities and philosopher Kathryn Joyce responds from a lens of relational equality.
Education for Liberation
Quentin Wheeler-Bell on the philosophy of education for liberation.
The Ethics of Doctoral Admissions
Philosopher Bryan Warnick talks to us about his paper, “The Ethics of Doctoral Admissions.” We also asked four PhD students to share their thoughts on grad school.
Sexual Citizenship
This conversation offers a hopeful vision for the future of sex education, preventing sexual assault, and developing an empathetic understanding of young people today.
Opting Out of Standardized Testing
UC-Boulder professor Terri Wilson discusses a case study she co-wrote on opting out of state standardized testing.