Teaching

Dirk Schlimm

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Instructor

McGill University:

COMP 280: History and Philosophy of Computing. Winter 2009 PHIL 310: Intermediate Logic. Winter 2009 PHIL 685: Fundamentals of Logic. Winter 2009 COMP 230: Logic and Computability. Fall 2008 PHIL 411: Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics. Fall 2008 COMP 280: History and Philosophy of Computing. Winter 2008 PHIL 310: Intermediate Logic. Winter 2008 PHIL 685: Fundamentals of Logic. Winter 2008 COMP 230: Logic and Computability. Fall 2007 PHIL 411: Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics. Fall 2007 COMP 280: History and Philosophy of Computing. Winter 2007 PHIL 310: Intermediate Logic. Winter 2007 PHIL 685: Fundamentals of Logic. Winter 2007 COMP 230: Logic and Computability. Fall 2006 PHIL 411: Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics. Fall 2006 PHIL 310: Intermediate Logic. Winter 2006 PHIL 411: Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics. Fall 2005 PHIL 310: Intermediate Logic. Winter 2005

Carnegie Mellon University:

80-241 Ethical Judgments in Professional Life (self-paced). Summer 2003 80-211 Arguments and Inquiry. Spring 2003 80-120 Reflections on Science. Summer 2002 (Cancelled due to lack of enrollment) 80-110 Nature of Mathematical Reasoning. Spring 2002 80-150 Nature of Reason. Summer 2001 80-110 Nature of Mathematical Reasoning. Spring 2001 80-110 Nature of Mathematical Reasoning. Summer 2000 80-210 Introduction to Formal Logic (self-paced). Summer 1999 80-210 Introduction to Formal Logic (self-paced). Spring 1999

Teaching assistant

Carnegie Mellon University:

80-100 What Philosophy Is, Prof. Mark Ravaglia. Fall 2002 80-110 Nature of Mathematical Reasoning, Prof. Richard Scheines. Spring 2000 80-150 Nature of Reason, Prof. Jeremy Avigad. Fall 1999 80-101 Mathematics in Scientific Context, Prof. Wilfried Sieg. Fall 1988

Technical University Darmstadt, Germany:

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Prof. Wolfgang Bibel. Summer 1996 Computer Science IV: Theoretical computer science. Summer 1994 Computer Science III: Algorithms and data structures. Winter 1993/4

My teaching motto

Good college teaching is the kind that promises to make the teacher finally superfluous, the kind that will lead students to want to continue work in the given subject and to be able to have the necessary intellectual equipment to continue work at a more advanced level. (Wayne Booth, What Little I Think I Know about Teaching)

Teaching-related activities

Attended teaching workshop "Using questions to promote classroom engagement" (with Tom Haffie). Teaching and Learning Services. McGill University (11/24/06). Attended "Safe Space" workshop (3/31/06). April 9, 2003: Recipient of the university-wide CMU Graduate Student Teaching Award 2002-03 (more, grad student times). Summer 2002: Organization of a workshop on Teaching Philosophy at CMU in the Summer. Spring 2000-January 2002: Successfully completed the Documentation of Teaching Development program at the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence. As part of this program I have written Portfolio Experiences, a summary and analysis of my experiences with using a portfolio/journal for teaching undergraduates in philosophy. From 1998 to 2002: Regularly attended teaching seminars (12) at the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence: Monitoring your teaching effectiveness, (2/10/98), Planning effective lectures, (2/17/98), Teaching First-Year Undergraduates, (9/9/98), Preparing to Teach a Summer Class, (4/4/00), Conducting productive discussions, (6/14/00), Writing in the disciplines, (10/3/00), Reflecting on your teaching style, (10/10/00), Communicating across cultures, (10/17/00), Assessing student learning and providing helpful feedback (11/7/00), Overview student motivation (1/31/01), Course and syllabus design (4/4/01), Promoting academic integrity (2/7/02).

Links

Jim Pryor's excellent guides to writing a good philosophy paper, reading philosophical prose, and understanding philosophical terms and methods. Mark Leone's Advice on Research and Writing offers many useful links to online resources. Peter Suber has a large collection of links on teaching and writing philosophy. Finally, one cannot read this too often: Publish and flourish; Become a Prolific Scholar in 12 easy steps! (on Rick Reis's Tomorrow's Professor blog).

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