Maja Sidzińska
Pedagogy
My approach to teaching is student-centered, dialectical, and focused on the value of good questions. Whenever possible, I ask for student input on course content as well as structure, and I aim to create situations in which students drive philosophical discussion. My reading lists usually present arguments that address earlier, opposing arguments, to model the iterative way philosophical inquiry proceeds. I focus on modeling the skills that can be used to decide philosophical questions, rather than on providing answers. I often ask students to themselves construct interesting and relevant questions about philosophical texts and positions, and ask them to justify their choices.
University of Pennsylvania
Lecturer:
Philosophy of Science (Fall 2023)
Bioethics (Summer 2023)
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Teaching Associate:
Philosophy of Science (Fall 2024)
Social Contract (Fall 2020; Spring 2022)
History of Modern Philosophy (Spring 2021)
Bioethics (Fall 2021)
Mills College
Assistant Adjunct Professor:
Ethics (Spring 2019)
San Francisco State University
Lecturer:
Feminist Moral Issues (Spring 2019)
Ethics (Fall 2018)
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Graduate Instructor:
Introduction to Critical Thinking (Fall 2015; Summer 2017)
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Teaching Assistant:
Metaphysics (Fall 2017)
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