Could robots replace your lecturers? What it means to teach!
May 7, 2019
Thursday morning, coffee in hand, I attended a philosophy lecture given by Andrew Fisher, here at the Uni of Nottingham, on teaching and learning. Tired eyes and sore heads from the night before filled the room, also hoping their coffee would help spring them into life…ready to learn! But what is it, exactly, to learn? Carry on …
Have Teachers Been Teaching
May 2, 2019
So picture this, it’s a 9am on a Monday morning, you’re in the lecture and the first thing the lecturer asks is “are teachers teaching?”. Well you know this isn’t going to be a typical lecture. Learning is Teaching How can we decide if teaching is taking place? One way …
I’ve got the power. Why teaching is actually dependent on you.
So I have just sat in on a philosophy lecture that asked ‘what does it mean to teach?’. I know what you are thinking… duh, teaching is when learning occurs. Or, even, only when someone has the intention to bring about learning. However, Fisher and Tallant claim that neither learning nor intention are necessary conditions for …
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 …
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 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 …
Do we need a new concept of teaching? (UoN Philosophy Taster Lecture)
April 5, 2019
After sitting in a philosophy lecture today, I realised that philosophy makes you question EVERYTHING. Including teaching. Image source We discussed Andy Fisher and Jonathan Tallant’s alternative view of teaching. It was so interesting I decided to write a blog about it! What is teaching? 1. Learning Teaching is when someone learns, right? Not necessarily! …
The Power Of Teaching Is In Your Hands
April 3, 2019
Today I attended a super interesting Philosophy lecture here at the Uni of Notts about defining teaching. We discussed a fascinating paper by Fisher and Tallant (lecturers at the Uni no less!) who introduce teaching as judgement-dependent. Don’t fear. I’m here to explain all! 1. The Problem With Teaching ‘What is teaching?’. An important but …
Making an Important Decision? This may help…
December 13, 2017
I usually struggle to get myself in the right mindset for lectures, but what I learnt today ‘transformed’ my life. Imagine the shock I received when I was told today in my lecture that sometimes, it is impossible to make some decisions rationally. Fancy a holiday to Japan? Well, you wont be able to make a rational …