Dr Christopher Becker
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
About the store
I've been an educator for over a decade. I've had various roles from Teaching Assistant, Professor, to Educational Therapist. I've taught philosophy courses at the University of Florida. Currently, I'm proudly an Educational Therapist for the Pride Virtual Academy at Valley Ridge. If you'd like to support me, check out my dystopian novel No Place. If you loved Brave New World or 1984, you will love this book. It is for all lovers of wisdom.
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Moral Skepticism and Ethics
This is a great book for high schoolers and college students to learn about morality and the threat that different forms of skepticism (free will, motivation, and epistemic) pose to morality. Popular moral theories are assessed on these metrics and others. There are discussion questions throughout this book. This book is top 1,000, on Amazon, for moral philosophy.
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Classroom Community
The Value of Work
This was my dissertation on the Value of Work. It's a philosophical analysis of the concept and value of work. I discuss the different types of work, as well as defend a general conception of work. Based off this conception, I discuss the value of work and argue that work is not a necessarily burdensome kind of employment. This book is of great value to anyone, but especially students struggling to understand why they are being asked to work.
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Economics
An Outline of Social Emotional Learning
This book is about social emotional learning. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is a framework that helps individuals develop essential skills for managing emotions, building healthy relationships, and making responsible decisions. The main components of SEL are often categorized into five core competencies, these being, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. The hope is that a better grasp of these five competencies will help
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Psychology, Social Emotional Learning
Romantic Relationships
This worksheet is designed for high schoolers or advanced middle schoolers. It discusses research on romantic relationships, love languages, and attachment styles. It's centered around active learning. "The heart has reasons, the mind doesn't understand." - Pascal
9th - 12th
Character Education, Social Emotional Learning
Looksmaxxing
Looksmaxxing is a recent social trend involving young men. Proponents of Looksmaxxing advocate that men become as physically attractive as possible. In this assignment, we will look at the methods proposed by Looksmaxxers, the reasons for Looksmaxxing, its pros, cons, and ultimately what can be learned about our self-image and relationships.
8th - 12th
Character Education, Psychology, School Psychology
Affirmations Assignment
This assignment goes over some basics of formulating affirmations. It's centered around social emotional learning affirmations but could be tailored, of course, for any other tid bits of wisdom students would like to include.
9th - 12th
Social Emotional Learning
Growth Mindset
In this interactive assignment, students will learn the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. There are seven exercises, with corresponding discussion questions, to help facilitate student interaction and classroom discussion. There are also suggestions at the end to help cultivate a growth mindset.
9th - 12th
Character Education, Social Emotional Learning
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
This product, which you shouldn't download, because it sucks, is about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. It discusses happiness, virtue, pleasure, friendship (unimportant topics, don't use it for class). It could be fantastic to use for Social Emotional Learning but philosophy is so outdated (who cares what old dead white guys think?) Don't use this resource, you'll regret it. If you do use it though, just ask questions throughout and do a cool virtue tracking exercise where students grade their t
9th - 12th
Character Education, Psychology, Social Emotional Learning
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Anti-Anxiety Remedy)
This is a PowerPoint based on Carnegie's anti-anxiety classic. It has helped me tremendously. I've been using it a few days with my students now and they have enjoyed it as well. I'm going to work on some active-learning based questions to supplement with this resource. I'll upload those soon.
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, School Psychology, Social Emotional Learning
Psychology Overview PowerPoint
Hi. This is a psychology overview designed for high schoolers (but can be used with thoughtful middle schoolers as well). There will be a free worksheet on my shop which you can supplement with this to aid active learning. This PowerPoint covers various thinkers from Freud, to Maslow, to Piaget. It focuses on cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, but touches upon other subfields.
9th - 12th
Psychology
Respect Worksheet
This worksheet is about the concept and value of respect. It sucks. Don't download it. Don't use it for your classes. Ignore it.
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Social Emotional Learning
Interpersonal Communication PowerPoint
I'm posting this for free as a gift to our wonderful community of educators of students. This took me many many hours to work on. It is probably a little ugly. But so what? I'm a little ugly too. It don't matter. I'm also going to add a nine page worksheet to accompany this.
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning, Speaking & Listening
Philosophical Reasoning PowerPoint (Philosophy) (Arguments)
This PowerPoint goes over the main types of arguments: deductive, enumerative induction, inference to the best explanation, and argument by analogy. There is also a good discussion on truth and the structure of statements. This would be great for high achieving middle schoolers and high schoolers, and up. I'm going to upload a worksheet to accompany this. Thank you for all you do :)
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Not Subject Specific, Other (Arts), Other (Social Studies)
Relationship Skills
This is a SEL assignment/outline on relationship skills. It discusses communication a bunch. I'm going to finish and upload an extensive PowerPoint soon on interpersonal communication. Be on the watch ;)
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning
Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale's book is the pinnacle on leadership and interpersonal communication. In this PowerPoint, designed for high schoolers, I add my thoughts on Dale's classic principles. This lesson is interdisciplinary. It touches upon interpersonal communication, leadership, business, and psychology. I'm going to add a free worksheet to help promote active learning and discourage sleeping during class :)
9th - 12th
Business, Classroom Community, Psychology
How to Stop Worrying Worksheet
This is the worksheet to accompany my PowerPoint on Anti-Anxiety to stop worrying. It is 11 pages long and has a mixture of exercises and questions to help guide active-learning.
Not Specific
Social Emotional Learning
Responsible Decision-Making
This is an SEL lesson on Responsible Decision Making. It includes some bits on rational choice theory and theories of motivation. It's bad a**
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Economics , Social Emotional Learning
Does God Exist?
This is a special assignment designed for student's interested in their spirituality. It goes over the best arguments for and against a perfect God's existence. It is in outline/argumentative form. It's ripe for discussion and to help pump up those critical thinking skills. I used versions of this resource to teach philosophy of religion at the University of Florida. It was well-received there, and will be in your classroom too :)
11th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Religion
Interpersonal Communication Worksheet
This is to accompany my Interpersonal Communication PowerPoint
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Classroom Community, School Psychology, Social Emotional Learning
Values (Axiology)
This is a worksheet on values, aka, axiology. It goes over the most popular values. This would be great to use in conjunction with my other SEL Assignments.
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Social Emotional Learning
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About the store
Experience
I've been an educator for over a decade. I've had various roles from Teaching Assistant, Professor, to Educational Therapist. I've taught philosophy courses at the University of Florida. Currently, I'm proudly an Educational Therapist for the Pride Virtual Academy at Valley Ridge. If you'd like to support me, check out my dystopian novel No Place. If you loved Brave New World or 1984, you will love this book. It is for all lovers of wisdom.
https://www.amazon.com/No-Place-Christopher-Becker-ebook/dp/B0G1N5CB1X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2O2J26YZG4PQO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wkMiCIC3RyPrVko6UPp5isF2nERo_rQZJLUDhP94lLwleSUTwCzIUWULJt2wsAH_LFh7iOSHwu2AiM_zaBgiV3DXJXKD7d4FEZh_mDUfR_E.ANqceQMg32odQXroVq1hRDvgP861MGfTD099RSRTrLk&dib_tag=se&keywords=No+Place+Christopher+Becker&qid=1763042980&sprefix=no+place+christopher+becker%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-1
Teaching style
I like to use the inquiry method and dialectics.
Awards & shining teacher moments
In 2022, I won the best paper award for my paper "On the Value of Work," at the University of Florida. In 2023, I defended my dissertation and was awarded my Ph.D. I currently have a five star rating on Rate my Professor.
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2591826
My own education history
Bloomsburg University: Bachelor of Philosophy and Business 2016
University of Mississippi: Master of Philosophy 2018
University of Florida: Doctor of Philosophy 2023
Additional biographical information
I enjoy thinking, working out, concerts, and writing
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