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Graduate Assistant/Tutor: The Haslam Scholars Program
The Haslam Scholars Program seeks to hire a one-half time (20 hours/week) Teaching Assistant/Tutor for the fall 2016 semester for a 200-level course required for all 1 st year Haslam Scholars.
Maximum number of students: 15
Course Description:
Debates on contemporary issues in education are rooted in early western philosophy. For example, Plato’s The Republic is one of the earliest works to examine the role of education in a stratified society. Within the philosophy of education, classical and contemporary thinkers have devoted significant discourse to questions about liberal v. vocational education, education and enculturation, education for personal development v. education for citizenship. These ideas will be explored through course readings, discussion and reflection. Throughout the semester, we will examine a range of issues through theoretical and practice-oriented lenses that will deepen our understanding of teaching and learning. To this end, students will explore the following kinds of philosophical questions through the course content:
What are the basic aims and ideals of the educational enterprise?
What is the moral education and how does it differ from other kinds of education?
How should a just and fair society aim to make us good students, good citizens, and good
persons?
What kind of education is best suited to sustaining our democracy?
HSP 287 is a three-hour course, which meets university general education requirements for Arts and Humanities (AH) and Communicating through Writing (WC). This course is required of and limited to students in the Haslam Scholars Program.
The successful candidate must:
Be a student enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
Make reasonable progress towards their graduate degree program requirements
Demonstrate time management skills to work on several projects simultaneously
Have strong oral and written communication skills
Compensation:
$6500 for one semester
No additional benefits accrue with this position
Duties and Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will:
Provide assistance to course faculty
Attend all class meetings and complete all readings carefully prior to the class meeting in which they are assigned
Facilitate small group tutorials in which students are expected to discuss course readings and complete 2-3 1500-2000 word essays over the course of the semester. The essays should
undergo at least two revisions, which will be based on the feedback they receive from the tutor
and their own engagement with the reading.
Attend training sessions at UT’s Writing Center and work closely with Writing Center faculty and staff to enhance editing skills
Hold weekly office hours
The mission of The Haslam Scholars Program is to foster intellectual curiosity and engage the moral sensibilities of scholars through curricular and co-curricular experiences. The Program offers an exclusive curriculum, a shared study-abroad experience, independent research support and one-on- one access to leading faculty members, which cultivate outstanding scholars and instills in them a desire for life-long learning and inquiry. Haslam Scholars will demonstrate a strong commitment to scholarly pursuits and use their abilities to influence public discourse on questions that shape society.
Please contact Dr. Sylvia Turner at sturne31@utk.edu.
