I recommended that this course be omitted after I took it--I still couldn't tell you what I learned.

he was awful..reminds me of a Viking..no clue what i learned in education of philosophy.

Did not give us any graded work and no guidence only that we did not know how to think. His opinions were the only right ones in the class complete IDIOT

His Philosophy of Ed class was terrible. He makes you think he is going to take attendance at the beginning of the semester, but he never does. I got a C and was pleased since I only attended the class 50% of the time.

I'm taking this class now and i still have no idea what's going on. We go in circles, and the right answer is his answer.

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This class was apparently about nothing. But it took a long time to make that clear. Unfair grading.

what the hell did i just learn? his opinion. the only thing that matters to him. very unfair class and a total turn off to philosophy

he did not explain anything in the class. It was so confused, never understood philosophy of education. If you take him as professor, believe me he could help you out , but mostly his opinion matter the most. I forget he will fail you and not feel bad.

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the was the worst class i have ever taken. not only did i NOT learn anything, it made my head hurt to sit there. please save yourself and never take this course with this instructor.

I took his horrible class 4 or 5 years ago, thinking I was getting Prof. Lowe. Unfortunately, that semester, she became dept head and he stepped down to professor. He only cares about what he thinks is right. What a useless class. DON'T TAKE HIM!!

This class was the biggest waste of money and it shows no purpose, we did not learn about philosophers of education the only think we did was ancient stuff. We did go in too many circles, got headaches every class I went to and seen no purpose.

TERRIBLE

If he spoke one more time about "Webster the Wonderdog", I think I would vomit. A total and complete waste of money, unfair grading, opinionated, obnoxious. He referred to having tenure so he couldn't be fired at least once during each class.

I think that gauging my eyes out w/ my pencil would have hurt less than sitting through this man's class. I didn't learn one thing and would skip class all the time b/c I couldn't stand to sit through meaninglessness that I will never use in life. What a terrible waste of time. Grading is unfair.

This is the absolute worst class I have ever taken....He is the worst teacher I've ever had...His papers are hard...They don't make sense....Very hard to understand and very boring...Do not take this course....You'll feel like killing yourself

He is an awful grader. When you participate in class your answer is never right. He is constantly contridicting himself and he does not make much sense. I feel like I learned nothing in his class.

He has to be, without a doubt, the worst professor that I have ever had. He is a tough grader, but that is not why I'm giving him such a bad rating. Instead of teaching logic, he wastes the classes time ranting on about how smart he is and how dumb everyone else is. Every anwser you give is wrong and will constantly belittle the students. STAY AWAY

I do not recommend this prof. Unless you are a philosophy major and think as abstractly as he does, you will struggle to follow along. You have to be in every class in order to keep up with discussion, you never know how your final grade will look until you see it. Horribly boring and annoying.

terrible, had him b/c the teacher took a leave of absence, ruins your GPA, grades hard, expects you to know everything, instead of giving you the answer he will make you sit their like an idiot for 10 minutes until you figure it out, don't take him for any class, not unless you must but it wont be pretty, let me tell you

Very arrogant. Product of the 1960's college class whom will not teach educational philosophy as seems to have the "hippie" attitude of fighting "the Man" since he does not mention any 20th century philosophers as ought to be protocol for EDU Professors, just rambles nonsensical self thought lunacy, avoid at all costs for you future teachers

oh yeah one more thing, you are not Socrates or Plato, they were geniuses in their time and up to today, give up on your futile attempt to even emulate their school of thought as your proud virtue is crippling to their eyes

terrible, do not take, ruined everything, he ruins your day, gpa and the essays are impossible, half the class fought with him everyday and i believe he failed them, just always agree with him and relate essays to your notes and if your lucky you might get a C, just do not take

Gatzke is awful, and I rarely say that about a professor. We didn't get a syllabus and there were no books assigned for the class. How can you have a class without a syllabus? No one in my class got higher than a D on their papers. Ridiculous.

Worst professor ever! Never, never, never take him...unless you want to feel stupid, have your gpa ruined, and contemplate how awful it is for some people to have tenure.

No seriously. Don't.

On first day of class he brags about how bad his rating is on this site. This is a bad sign. It goes down here from there. He has an amused contempt for anything but philosophy and isn't afraid to show it. Class has no focus. Three weeks in all we've done is argued over how to define philosophy.

gatzke was awful. he wants you to use your own thoughts, but then when you say your own thoughts in a paper, he says your wrong. i still believe he didn't read half of one of my papers, and then wrote i don't think so on a huge part of it. such a useless and annoying class to go to

He is a really nice man, but he goes on and on forever about useless stuff. I dreaded going to class because it was sooooo boring. I sometimes imagined myself being hit by a car as I daydreamed in class. I think he just needs to spice up his teaching style and allow some group time/team projects etc. Not just sitting there day after day after...

Gatzke is the worst teacher I have ever had in my entire life. The class goes by so slow as his lectures go on and on...really in circles. He never finsihes anything he starts discussing. He is just really boring. I did not learn one thing in his class all semester...Like I said worst teacher ever! SCSU needs to let Gatzke retire or just fire him!

There is NO book. He is HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! IF YOU GET STUCK WITH HIM...GET OUT ASAP!

I attended every class and I can safely say I learned nothing. He rambles forever. If you try to participate in class he will say you're wrong and correct you with exactly what you said just with slightly different wording. I had high hopes for him when the class began but I found him to be a conceited and overall just not fit for teaching.

horrible class, horrible professor. He likes to hear himself talk and only lets other people speak so that he can disagree with them. Attended every class and attempted to participate only to end up with bad grade.

Terrible teacher. Did not explain assignments well. There was only three papers the whole semester but all on the exact same subject. Sitting through the class was torture, so boring and he's so full of himself that he's annoying to listen to.

He was too full of himself.

literally the worst professor I ever had. expects you to already know the material, talks about the same subject all semester, believes only his way is the right way, doesn't let you have an opinion not cares about it, doesn't update grades, please save yourself the stress of worrying if you're gonna pass his class and DO NOT take him.

Prof Gatzke's class was a complete waste my time. Class consists of him standing in front of the room rambling on about topics that don't have anything to do with class. He asks questions and is never happy with any of the answers people give. On top of that his opinion is the only one that matters. I strongly suggest everyone avoids his classes.

The most infuriating teacher ever. Nothing he says makes sense. DONT TAKE HIS CLASS. FULL OF HIMSELF ARROGANT AND RUDE

This professor is literally only for himself, so full of himself and he knows it ! Saying I dont care who I am , Im too old to change and have very thick skin . Only talks about himself and how hes so great . Very frustrating and very rude. I would of never taken this course if I knew who he was . Dont take it .

For starters, he gave the WHOLE Class a C for a midterm grade. Number one, There was no assignments all semester, no attendance, no tests or quizzes. The reason for giving everyone a C... because its an average place holder. DONT DO NOT take him you will be stressed and annoyed. Nothing makes sense all he does is ramble on and on.

I'm falling asleep. You will too. Currently in one of his lectures; my friends have fallen asleep. With atmosphere growing dark and barren, I've decided to use my dread-full final hours to give humanity a new chance at prosperity. Look, If you are seriously passionate about philosophy, take his class. If it's a reqirement ,don't. Seriously. Like Fr

He doesn't try to help you understand any of the material and will get annoyed when you don't magically understand. Doesn't give enough grades and relies on papers. The way he grades is insanely harsh and has no sympathy. The result of us moving online for the pandemic was him giving us too much work with not enough explanation. DONT TAKE HIS CLASS

the hardest grader i have ever had you do not have to show up he stopped taking attendance after the second class. do not take this class it is a waste of time no structure

i am giving this class a 4 for difficulty because it is very confusing. Thought it would be interesting to learn about death and the meaning of life, but watched movies that had death in it and went into depth about Greek philosopher's thoughts on life. The workload was light, but again hard to understand. Sadly, I did not learn a single thing.

This professor really wasnt my favorite. To start, I couldnt even stay awake during the first class. All he does is go on about Feinstein and never has any lesson plans. He assigns very little assignments and does not believe it grades. I was practically pulling my hair out when trying to complete his assignments. All I have to say is good luck.

I am a Senior Philosophy student who has earned an A in every single Philosophy course I have taken - all besides Gatzke's Phi 100 course back in Freshman year. There is absolutely zero structure, and no semblance of a reliable metric for grading papers. This guy thinks he is Socrates reincarnated, and has an ego to match. Avoid him at all costs.

An awful teacher, who rambles all class.

This guy started the first class by telling us he wasn't going to follow the curriculum. No textbook and very few grades. The first 6 classes were filled with him trying to get us to answer a single question and basically read his mind. Seems like a nice dude but would not recommend.

This is the worst college professor I have ever had. In fact, this professor was so incompetent that when I presented what he was teaching to the dean, SCSU themselves gave me special permission to do a late drop the class all the way in November. There is no structure to the class and all he does is arbitrarily complain about nonsense. Avoid him!

You are basically blind at sea with this guy. The way he grades is so unpredictable (It's like he pulls grades out of a hat) and because of that, it is impossible to prepare for his class. I'm not even convinced he ever really knew what he was talking about. It was supposed to be a philosophy class most of what he talked about structure of language

took this class in 2022, AVOID AT ALL COSTS! he rambles about anything and we spent classes trying to figure out what he had in his mind. he pulled out grades from a hat. if the paper wasn't to his liking or what he had in mind, he would put random things on your paper about how something was wrong or if you didn't get what he wanted.