INTR 240
The Autobiographical Philosophy of Education Fall 2017
Division II
Cross-listed PHIL 240
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Why are you here? What do you expect to learn? How do you expect to learn? The College Mission Statement says that “Williams seeks to provide the finest possible liberal arts education by nurturing in students the academic and civic virtues, and their related traits of character”. How have you already been taught the academic and civic virtues? Where have you been taught them? In school? On the sports field? At home? How did you develop your character? This first-year seminar will examine the philosophy of education through educational autobiographies: works that tell the story of a moral and intellectual education. Each book was chosen by and will be introduced by a professor from a different department, and then Professor of Philosophy Steve Gerrard will continue the discussion. The autobiographies will include John Stuart Mill, Autobiography, Charles Dew: The Making of a Racist, Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road, Louis H. Sullivan, The Autobiography of an Idea, Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, Lori Arviso Alvord, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear, and Richard P. Feynman, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman. This course is part of the John Hyde Teaching Fellowship.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 1425
Grading: yes pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: frequent short responses, including our own educational autobiographies that we will share
Extra Info: not available for the fifth course option
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: open only to first-year students; I will be seeking a balance of educational backgrounds and interests
Distributions: Division II
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
INTR 240 Division II PHIL 240 Division II

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