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Nov 2, 2024
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On Education
Douglas Giles, PhD
Trump & Project 2025 Would Want to Ban My Textbook and My ProfessionAn issue that’s important to me and future students
Oct 30, 2024
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Oct 30, 2024
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My $1,000 Articles on MediumYes, substantive content can get readers — advice from a writer
Jun 16, 2024
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Jun 16, 2024
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Original Philosophy
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Douglas Giles, PhD
Final Grades — The Worst Part of Being a ProfessorEducation is good, bad, and ugly; this is the ugly part
May 23, 2024
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May 23, 2024
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Ron DeSantis Would Ban My Textbookand other reasons you should read it
Oct 6, 2023
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Oct 6, 2023
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Curated Newsletters
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Douglas Giles, PhD
My Spouse’s Cousin’s GraduationA Stark Reminder of America’s Education Inequities
Aug 28, 2023
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Aug 28, 2023
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A College Professor’s View on Diversity, Equity, and InclusionWe need to embrace what diversity means and what understand what is preventing it.
Jul 12, 2023
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Jul 12, 2023
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Three Reasons Why Higher Education Isn’t Better Than It IsI’m Young Enough to Remember College and Old Enough to Know How Much It Has Changed
May 7, 2023
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May 7, 2023
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Inserting Philosophy
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Douglas Giles, PhD
Against “Gee Whiz” Philosophy“Gee, Mr. Wizard …”
Apr 23, 2023
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Apr 23, 2023
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A Heretical Idea: Teaching Philosophy while Skipping PlatoI’ll get some blowback for even thinking this, but …
Apr 5, 2023
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Apr 5, 2023
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Age of Awareness
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Douglas Giles, PhD
On What’s Wrong With Education and How to Fix ItOur education system is still dominated by a model developed over 180 years ago.
Sep 11, 2022
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Sep 11, 2022
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Why I’m on MediumI’m an intellectual, not an academic; let me explain
Feb 6, 2022
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Feb 6, 2022
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Inserting Philosophy
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Douglas Giles, PhD
Dewey and Freire’s Philosophy of EducationJohn Dewey and Paulo Freire developed philosophies of education that emphasized treating students as individuals and teaching critical…
Nov 7, 2021
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Nov 7, 2021
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I Had to Teach an Ethics Class 9/12/2001How do we understand why people would commit such atrocities?
Sep 10, 2021
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Sep 10, 2021
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Inserting Philosophy
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Douglas Giles, PhD
Why Philosophy Is Best Taught ChronologicallyHow to best teach philosophy so students can understand and appreciate its importance.
Jan 18, 2021
Jan 18, 2021
Douglas Giles, PhD
Paulo Freire on EducationIn a previous article, I discussed some of philosopher Paulo Freire’s views on political conflict. Though he didn’t shy away from politics…
Apr 4, 2019
Apr 4, 2019
Douglas Giles, PhD
Academia’s UnderclassAcademia’s underclass is real, and I am not referring to freshmen and sophomores. Of course, it has to be a foreign publication that…
Mar 6, 2019
Mar 6, 2019