Teaching Philosophy Outside

Ryan Johnson shares about teaching philosophy outside on episode 480 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Quotes from the episode

What are the dominant sounds on campus? What are the kind of patterns at which people move? What are the movement of the trees versus the light versus the animals versus people?
-Ryan Johnson

The relationship between the teacher and a student is not intelligence to intelligence, but instead will to will.
-Ryan Johnson

A good distraction is one that can help us come back together, that can allow our attention or our stamina to have a release to return.
-Ryan Johnson

I cultivate brave spaces, not safe spaces.
-Ryan Johnson

I started to notice all these things about campus that one does not as they move through, rather than sits in and resonates with, especially the sounds.
-Ryan Johnson

Resources

• Teaching Philosophy Outside: Blog of the APA
• Anthony Weston
• The experience of nature: a psychological perspective : Kaplan, Rachel : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• Elon University Sustainability: Landscaping & Grounds
• Elon University Princeton Review names Elon the nation’s “best-run college” with the #1 “most beautiful campus” and the #2-ranked study abroad program
• Elon University Weston publishes ‘Teaching as the Art of Staging’
• Becky Vartabedian
• Elon University Center for Environmental Studies: Environmental Center at Loy Farm
• Philosophy of Movement
• Jill McSweeney
• About Elon University / U.S. News & World Report
• Elon University Center for the Advancement of Teaching & Learning
• Philosophy outdoors: First person physical | 10 | Philosophy, Risk and
• Philosophy Bakes Bread, Radio Show & Podcast: Ep57 – Philosophy Outdoors
• Merlin CCC – A Philosophy-Centered 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization