Thomas - Philosophy teacher - Dayton
1st lesson free
Thomas - Philosophy teacher - Dayton

Thomas

  • Rate $26
  • Response 1h
Thomas - Philosophy teacher - Dayton

$26/h

1st lesson free

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1st lesson free

1st lesson free

  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Art history
  • Communication
  • Non-verbal communication

BA, BM, MA, PhD. 40+ years in higher education. Have scored in 99th percentile of ACT, SAT, GRE, other standardized tests.

  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Art history
  • Communication
  • Non-verbal communication

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About Thomas

I'm retired now after 40+ years in higher education, mostly at community colleges but with several years of part-time teaching or moonlighting at universities. My attitude is that I am supposed to help students to reach their goals--which means I need to have high standards balanced by great patience. I practice "mastery learning" as much as possible, which means that a student gets to make multiple attempts at an assignment until satisfactory progress is reached--as defined by the student, not by me. It is also important to me that I avoid personal bias as much as possible in teaching and scoring.

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  • English

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When teaching basic communication, I first introduce Cicero's canons of rhetoric as modified by Peter Ramus. I rely on the video "Be Prepared to Speak" from Toastmasters International as a quick overview. I typically form small groups of 4-6 students who work together on several projects during the course. Then I incorporate some listening exercises and a technique called "triplespeak" where each student does a short impromptu before the group, with several students speaking at once--which experience shows helps to reduce stage fright.

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  • $26

Pack rates

  • 5h: $130
  • 10h: $260

online

  • $26/h

free lessons

This first lesson offered with Thomas will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

  • 1hr

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