Adjunct Instructors - Philosophy
Posted May 13, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
What other courses in the St. Norbert Core Curriculum could you teach?
What they are checking: Whether they offer the broader coverage the posting says is preferred.
Tell me about your classroom teaching experience and how you've grown as a teacher.
What they are checking: Whether they have the evidence of classroom teaching the posting requires and reflect on their practice.
What have you done in philosophy in the last five years, like teaching, publishing or presenting?
What they are checking: Whether they meet the college's requirement for current activity in the field.
What would you do
St. Norbert is a Catholic college. How would you include the Catholic intellectual tradition while also teaching students to examine arguments critically?
What they are checking: Whether they can respect the college's mission and still teach genuine critical inquiry.
A student says philosophy is pointless because there are no right answers. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they can show skeptical students the value of rigorous thinking.
How do you run a class discussion on a moral question where students strongly disagree?
What they are checking: Whether they can keep debate respectful and focused on reasons rather than personal attacks.
About the work
How would you design Philosophical Foundations, PHIL 120, for first-year students who have never read philosophy?
What they are checking: Whether they can make an introductory philosophy course accessible and worthwhile for non-majors.
Which texts or thinkers would you include in PHIL 120, and why those?
What they are checking: Whether they choose readings deliberately and can explain the reasoning behind their syllabus.
How do you teach students to reconstruct an argument before they criticize it?
What they are checking: Whether they teach a core philosophical skill rather than just opinions about big questions.
How do you design writing assignments that make students do philosophy rather than summarize it?
What they are checking: Whether their assignments build argument and analysis, the skills philosophy courses aim to teach.
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