About this episode

Jessa Roisen discusses her approach to teaching challenging philosophy texts and the support she provides to her students.

Share your thoughts about this episode as a text message. Today on the podcast, I’m excited to welcome Jessa Roisen, professor of philosophy at St. Ambrose University. Jessa teaches those intro to philosophy courses with really challenging primary sources—Plato and Kant and Descartes and the like. She’s seen her students struggle with those readings, and it’s changed her approach to teaching these courses. She provides a lot of support and scaffolding for her students, both before and during...

People in this episode

Host: Derek Bruff

Guest: Jessa Roisen

Topics covered

• student reading
• philosophy education
• teaching strategies
• student support
• scaffolding

Keywords

• student reading
• philosophy
• teaching
• support
• scaffolding
• higher education
• Derek Bruff

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St. Ambrose University

Books & works: Plato, Kant, Descartes

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