EPISODE · Oct 7, 2019 · 10 MIN
Season 1, Episode 3: Teaching Personally Challenging Material
from Teaching Strides · host Mount Royal University
Professor Ada JaarsmaAda Jaarsma is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University. A recipient of the MRU Distinguished Faculty Award, Dr. Jaarsma is increasingly interested in the connections between how we teach and what we teach. With the support of a Teaching & Learning Inquiry Grant from the Academic Development Centre at MRU, she developed a research project with two MRU students that explores these connections in the context of Philosophy.Course on Philosophy and Race Epigeneticsavailable on Dr. Ada Jaarsma's Academia Sitehttps://www.academia.edu/24847090/Continental_Philosophy_and_Race_Epigenetics_Eugenics_Evidence_syllabus_and_handouts_Relevant PublicationJaarsma, A.S., Kinaschuk, K., & Xing, L., 2015"Kierkegaard, Despair, and the Possibility of Education: Teaching Existentialism Existentially."http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11217-015-9488-x(Research supported by an ADC Teaching & Learning Inquiry Grant)Professor Ada Jaarsma's Personal Websitewww.adajaarsma.comProf Ada Jaarsma - Genealogy exercise
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Professor Ada JaarsmaAda Jaarsma is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University. A recipient of the MRU Distinguished Faculty Award, Dr. Jaarsma is increasingly interested in the connections between how we teach and what we teach. With the support of a Teaching & Learning Inquiry Grant from the Academic Development Centre at MRU, she developed a research project with two MRU students that explores these connections in the context of Philosophy.Course on Philosophy and Race Epigeneticsavailable on Dr. Ada Jaarsma's Academia Sitehttps://www.academia.edu/24847090/Continental_Philosophy_and_Race_Epigenetics_Eugenics_Evidence_syllabus_and_handouts_Relevant PublicationJaarsma, A.S., Kinaschuk, K., & Xing, L., 2015"Kierkegaard, Despair, and the Possibility of Education: Teaching Existentialism Existentially."http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11217-015-9488-x(Research supported by an ADC Teaching & Learning Inquiry Grant)Professor Ada Jaarsma's Personal Websitewww.adajaarsma.comProf Ada Jaarsma - Genealogy exercise
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