Paul Blaschko (University of St. Thomas, Minnesota): Publications - PhilPeople

University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
Department of Philosophy

Undergraduate
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Department of Philosophy

Graduate student
University of Notre Dame
Department of Philosophy

Assistant Teaching Professor; Director, Sheedy Family Program In Economy, Enterprise, and Society

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Areas of Interest

Normative Ethics

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To Form More than to Inform
with Evan Dutmer, Haley Dutmer, and Blake Ziegler

American Association of Philosophy Teachers Studies in Pedagogy 8 30-49. 2023.

In this paper we argue that God and the Good Life, a prominent philosophy as a way of life (PWOL) undergraduate course, serves the needs of novices in philosophy classrooms, whether they plan to continue in the study of philosophy or not. We draw from both philosophy and educational psychology in making our case and highlight four distinctive components of God and the Good Life pedagogy at the University of Notre Dame: 1) transformative learning goals, 2) immersive experiences, 3) deep personal …Read more
In this paper we argue that God and the Good Life, a prominent philosophy as a way of life (PWOL) undergraduate course, serves the needs of novices in philosophy classrooms, whether they plan to continue in the study of philosophy or not. We draw from both philosophy and educational psychology in making our case and highlight four distinctive components of God and the Good Life pedagogy at the University of Notre Dame: 1) transformative learning goals, 2) immersive experiences, 3) deep personal connections to students’ everyday lives, and 4) cooperative relationships of mutual support in a community of dialogue. We end with a coda on even wider relevance for PWOL pedagogies in bringing about the pluralistic society we hope for, even in our deeply polarized societal moment.