Twenty-six chapters by scholars from around the country examine the pedagogical challenges of teaching philosophy and offer advice on student motivation, curriculum, and testing. Particular attention is given to student improvement, the teaching of subdisciplines like ethics and aesthetics, critical thinking, the use of history, major thinkers and movements, philosophical explanation, gender, and the classroom experience. The book originally appeared in 1997 as In the Socratic Tradition . Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)