Most teaching statements are written by people who—let’s be honest—don’t really know that much about teaching. Usually the writers are first-time job seekers with, at best, a year or two as a graduate ...

The season for academic job hunting is upon us. It’s a time when graduate students sweat the details of their applications. It’s also a time when they all become philosophers—well, philosophers of ...

Thales is known as the first philosopher. Miletus was the first school where the education of philosophy was taught. Philosophy was the first concept through which people were taught about reality and ...

While the teaching philosophy statement is sometimes used as a way for instructors to reflect on their practice regularly over their teaching career for their own development and growth as a ...

Some observant readers will surely argue that it is far too soon for me to articulate my philosophy of teaching, after only about three decades of teaching experience. They are probably correct, but I ...

Think on Death. It is a wonderful thing to learn thoroughly how to die. The quote, attributed to the ancient philosopher Seneca, was printed at the bottom of a handout that Andrew Mills recently ...

Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., is an American Jesuit philosopher who teaches at Fordham University in New York and serves as editor-in-chief of International Philosophical Quarterly. He recently finished ...

Graduate students in the Literacy Education program will study with eight full-time, professionally active, knowledgeable Literacy Education faculty members, who have diverse backgrounds, interests, ...

Some observant readers will surely argue that it is far too soon for me to articulate my philosophy of teaching, after only about three decades of teaching experience. They are probably correct, but I ...