American Association of Philosophy Teachers Studies in Pedagogy

Volume 6, 2021

Philosophy as a Way of Life

Jane Drexler
Pages 173-192

Philosophy as a Way of Teaching: A Handbook

In this essay, Drexler reflects broadly on our practices as philosophy teachers: how we think of our classrooms and design students’ learning experiences, how we evaluate ourselves and our teaching, and generally, how we keep walking into the classroom each semester. Based on a talk she delivered in 2020, Drexler’s contribution to this issue presents a series of “chapters” of an “enchiridion” for teaching: a handbook of loosely-connected reflections, principles, and strategies for teaching Philosophy as a Way of Life, and for teaching (philosophy) as a way of life.