Stephen Bloch-Schulman, associate professor of philosophy, Ann J. Cahill, professor of philosophy, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ junior Maggie Castor and Martin Fowler, lecturer in philosophy, presented at the recent American Association of Philosophy Teachers International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Bloch-Schulman, Cahill and Castor collaborated on a presentation about an innovative approach to teaching critical thinking, the Step-By-Step method, while Fowler presented material from his book The Ethical Practice of Critical Thinking.
Bloch-Schulman and Castor also presented on “teaching democratic thinking” with Donna Engelmann of Alverno College. Their presentation emerged from their work in the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Research Seminar on Engaged Undergraduate Learning, a two-year national teaching and learning seminar focused on teaching democratic thinking co-sponsored by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
In addition, Bloch-Schulman co-facilitated the seminar on teaching and learning co-sponsored by the AAPT and the American Philosophical Association.