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Philosophers from Epicurus to Charlotte Joko Beck offer insights that may change how we view the world and our place in it. In How Philosophy Can Save Your Life, Marietta McCarty (Piedmont Virginia Community College) introduces ideas from the world’s greatest minds, weaving together the various strands as a tapestry for good living. Also featured: Even bright and hard-working African American students who get into college may not have the math they need to get degrees in science, technology or engineering related fields. Oliver Hill (Virginia State University) hopes to change that through an innovative study of how best to teach middle school students higher level math skills.
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Today’s college students are deeply concerned with finding a job after school, and often that means the means traditional humanities education is seen as a luxury. Enrollment in philosophy classes is declining. And one school, the University of Louisiana, Lafayette recently voted to eliminate its philosophy major. I’m Sarah McConnell and today on With Good Reason, a conversation with an author who says philosophy can transform the way we live.
Later on today’s show, using cognitive psychology to find new ways to teach students who’ve been left behind by the education system:
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But first, Marietta McCarty is a professor of philosophy at Peidmont Virginia Community College and the author of a new book “How Philosophy Can Save Your Life; 10 Ideas That Matter Most” She says knowing what the some of the great thinkers had to say about how to develop clear thinking, qui...
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