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 …
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 …
What Does it REALLY Mean to Teach?
April 9, 2019
LISTEN UP! I want to teach you something… This morning I attended an interesting philosophy lecture all about teaching. Andy Fisher and Jonathan Tallant (lecturers at UoN!) have written a fascinating paper which argues that teaching is ‘judgement-dependent’. This means that it’s up to the student to decide if they’re being taught. They say that …
Teaching, you know what that is….right?
The Joys of Philosophy I made it to my 09:00 lecture yesterday! And that still wasn’t the biggest shock of the day. Once again, I learned that nothing is straightforward when it comes philosophy! The lecture topic appeared simple: ‘What is ‘Teaching’?‘. Oh, how naive. To give a taste of Notts philosophy, I thought I’d …
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 …
Landing Your First Job- Non-Rational?
December 13, 2017
1. Laurie Paul Will Change YOUR LIFE I’ve always known that rational decision-making was hard. I didn’t know that sometimes, it is impossible! 2. We ALL Have to Face Big Decisions Sometimes… Like Rachel Green. Should she… 1. Continue living out of “Daddy’s wallet?” 2. Get her first job/ be financially independent? 3. …
Deciding whether to go to university? Maybe you can’t be rational.
Perhaps.. just perhaps.. some decisions simply can’t be made rationally. At least that’s what I learnt in my Philosophy lecture today whilst studying Laurie Paul’s paper¹. Here’s what I learnt: 1. Realistic rationality Photo credit: http://funnyand.com/learn-drive/ It seems like most of us want to be on the road one day. The important thing is …
Do we always make the right decisions?
This morning I went to a lecture which explored a paper by Laurie Paul on transformative experiences. Her paper has widened my view towards how well humanity are able to make decisions. How do we make rational decisions? A rational decision is one that is straight forward for Paul. We weigh up the values …