Learning Through Stories: How to Start Teaching the Truth
Teaching and Learning[1] In Guide to Thomas Aquinas, Josef Pieper points out that Aquinas was attracted to the Order of Preachers, in good part, because of his…
SoTL as a Subfield for Political Science Graduate Programs
Today the discipline of political science is faced with the challenges of demonstrating its public worth, finding employment for its doctoral students, and discovering a common language…
Teaching American Politics in the Modern University
You may be surprised to learn of the growing movement to dispense with the study of American politics as a distinct subfield of political science, but this…
Meaning, Identity, and Learning: Just Read It!
Someone might say—and libertarians skeptics often do—that classes in philosophy and literature are given a quite an arbitrarily inflated value by according them credit. Do away with…
Teaching as Shouting
I’ve gotten several emails about this article by Joanne Lipman in the Wall Street Journal. The bottom line is that the teachers who get the best results are all about…
Review of The Eric Voegelin Reader
The Eric Voegelin Reader: Politics, History, Consciousness. Charles R. Embry, Glenn Hughes, eds. (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2017) Eric Voegelin is one of the…
Eric Voegelin as a Master Teacher
1. Voegelin presented himself as someone who knew his business and based on a solid conviction that Greek philosophy is the foundation of political science: the lecture…
Loving Sophia and Loving Nature: A Meditation
This short, informal bit of writing is inspired by a former high school student of mine who has, for the last number of years, devoted her working…
Oil and Water? Assessment and the Pursuit of Wisdom in Education
Stating the Problem Academic research in the field of assessment is replete with thoughtful analysis designed to offer us a multitude of ways to improve both our…
An Invitation to Philosophizing: On the Challenges of Philosophy of Education Instruction in B.Ed. Programs
The Trend towards Marginalizing Philosophy “Philosophy of Education” or “Education Foundations” is not regularly offered as a core course in most B. Ed. Programs today. The eradication…
Teacher Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom: A Practical Guide for Education Philosophy Course
Teacher Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom: A Practical Guide for Education Philosophy Courses. Sean Steel. New York: Peter Lang, 2018. Teacher Education and the Pursuit…
Into the Abyss: A Semester with Nietzsche
My first encounter with Nietzsche I cannot recall. The story I like to tell myself, or at least would like to tell you, is that it happened…
Establishing True Community in Philia Among Students: Teaching The Eric Voegelin Reader
For I saw it was impossible to do anything without friends and loyal followers; and to find such men ready to hand would be a piece of…
Moral Conduct and Citizenship
Analysis of Book One Scene: 1990s American college core curriculum class in philosophy. Players: Professor and students Professor: Today I would like us to analyze the first…
The Philosopher as Citizen
The Usefulness of Plato’s Republic to the Philosopher The topic of this essay is the practical application of reading Plato's Republic in the life and work of…