So you think you’ve been taught…
May 2, 2019
It often seems that Philosophers are out to confuse you about things that you thought you knew, well here’s another one for you! I rolled out of bed to my 9am this morning and learnt how teaching is judgement dependent…I was as stumped as you are, but read on to see a typical study topic …
So…What even IS teaching?
Today I attended a Philosophy lecture discussing a paper which gave a whole new approach to teaching. As students, we do so much learning but never think about what teaching is. Fisher and Tallant, in their paper “What does it mean to teach?”, argue that you don’t even need to learn anything for something to …
Are your teachers teaching you well? You can decide…
TEACHING. It’s a simple word, and after all these years at school you think you know what it is right? Wrong! I’ve just finished an interesting lecture questioning what teaching is, and I’m going to give you a taste of what philosophy at Nottingham is like… 1. What is teaching? You might think if …
The Machines Are Taking Over!
May 1, 2019
My dream after I graduate is to become a teacher. You can imagine how excited I was when I went to Andy Fisher’s lecture today and heard this lecture’s philosophy was all about teaching! However, according to Fisher and Tallants’ paper ‘What does it mean to teach?’ it may be that in the future teachers …
What does it mean to teach? Lessons from a UoN philosophy lecture!
April 14, 2019
What does it mean to teach? I recently sat in on a lecture in Communicating Philosophy, where we looked at the concept of teaching and what it really means to teach. The common conception and why it’s wrong: Looking at the work of Fisher and Tallant, we were asked to reconsider our understanding of teaching. …
What Does Teaching Mean to You?
April 11, 2019
By Digital Communications team member, Immanuelle Kant. I’ve just attended an interesting lecture on Andy Fisher and Jonathan Tallant’s Philosophy of Teaching where we discussed the enduring question: ‘What Does It Mean to Teach?’. I am going to breakdown the main ideas from the lecture to give you a better insight into what a Philosophy lecture …
Teaching: It’s Not What You Think It Is! An insight to Philosophy Lectures at the University of Nottingham
Hey soon to be University of Nottingham philosophy students! Ever wondered what a philosophy lecture at the University of Nottingham might be like? Well we’ve got just the blog post for you! We sat in on a philosophy lecture discussing Fisher and Tallant’s paper ‘What does it mean to teach?’ and we’re here to tell …
What Is Teaching Really?
April 10, 2019
I’ve just had a really interesting philosophy lecture on ‘What is teaching?’ at The University of Nottingham. So, I thought I’d give you all a little taste of what’s to come when studying philosophy! We discussed a paper by Fisher and Tallant who examine old answers to this age-old question and bring forth their …
Feeling Empowered: A Day In The Life Of A UoN Philosophy Student
This morning I went to a 9am Philosophy lecture and I learnt something; a wild phenomenon considering I hadn’t even had my morning coffee! You’d hope that I did learn something, bearing in mind we were learning about teaching in Teaching and Learning (building). We Philosophers do love a meta moment, sorry. We got told …
Lecture Taster: Does teaching depend on you?
April 9, 2019
By Digital Communications team member Consuela Phalange as part of the lecture taster campaign. consuela.phalange@notnotts.ac.uk Twitter @consuelaphalange000 I just came back from Fisher and Tallant’s latest lecture which offers a new answer to the age-old question ‘What it Means to Teach’. 1) Why Judgement-dependent? Andy Fisher, the lecturer, offers the judgement-dependent account because the traditional …