Pedagogy Program
The Department of Philosophy Pedagogy Program is a non-credit program designed to enhance Philosophy PhD students’ pedagogical preparedness, specifically in the field of philosophy. The program involves a number of workshops, some of which the PhD program requires students to attend. These workshops include teaching training discussions led by current departmental faculty and PhD alums, peer-to-peer course visitations and consultations, and teaching development programs run by the Chicago Center for Teaching. The requirements for the Pedagogy Program are in this Teaching Requirements document. The Pedagogy Program is run each year by a graduate student coordinator with the assistance of the Department Administrator. In 2026-27, PhD student (name TBA!) will be running the Pedagogy Program. Students who fulfill the required elements will receive a departmental certificate (which can be noted on their CV) stating that they have officially completed the Pedagogy Program.
Teaching Development Programs through Chicago Center for Teaching
The Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL) trains University of Chicago graduate students to be better teachers. It runs numerous pedagogical workshops and seminars for graduate students (e.g., “Creating an Enabling Classroom Environment,” “Course Design and College Teaching,” and their course assistant and lecturer training “Teaching@Chicago”) and selects a number of graduate students to be teaching fellows and consultants, who then do one-on-one consultations with other student teachers about their sections, tutorials, and stand-alone classes. Several Philosophy PhD students have become CCTL fellows, and some of those fellows helped develop the department’s own Pedagogy Program.