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Teaching Journal #8 Challenging the Objectivist Paradigm: Teaching Biblical Theology with J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Guillermo del Toro
One of the key questions that any teacher of the Bible faces is how to help modern students, steeped in a scientific world-view understand the the Bible, as well as apply it to their world or find it relevant for … Continue reading
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Comparative Sacred Texts and Interactive Interpretation: Another Alternative to the “World Religions” Class
An area of great interest to me has always been world religions. I would like to be able one day to teach classes on religion, especially comparative religion. So this article was of particular interest to me. Also, one of … Continue reading
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Fruits from Teaching Journals
My primary journal this semester was, “Teaching Theology and Religion.” My initial search for a journal surprised me. How? Because I just did not find many of them at all, at least that suited my interests and needs. But this … Continue reading
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My Portfolio Outline (first draft)
Here’s what I have thus far in terms of an outline. I would be interested in your feedback and perhaps others could share their outlines as well. Thanks, Bass -Portfolio Table of Contents- From There to Here – A Brief … Continue reading
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“The Grand Experiment”: Modeling Adult Learning with Adult-Ministry Students
Abstract. Adult-learning theory challenges faculty to adapt their teaching to certain characteristics of adult learners, including self-direction: if adults direct the bulk of their lives outside of school, they should be permitted to direct their own educational experiences. To what … Continue reading
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Old Syllabi
A question for Dr. Smith and the class: I taught several classes almost 20 years ago (Introduction to the Old Testament, etc). I recently came across the syllabi. Should I include them in the portfolio as is? Or should I … Continue reading
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Thank You & Follow Up
Thanks to you all for your comments and feedback on my teaching session Tuesday night. I also thoroughly enjoyed the jigsaw presentations. Very well done. And thanks to Dr. Smith for introducing that teaching activity. It is something I am … Continue reading
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Teaching for Religious Literacy by Eugene V. Gallagher
In 2007 Stephen Prothero wrote a book that caused a great deal of discussion. It’s entitled, “Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know – and Doesn’t.” It is based on a survey which reveals how little most Americans, especially … Continue reading
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A Couple of Technical Questions
As you know, our teaching assignments are coming up over the next few weeks. I was wondering a couple of things. First, I have a clicker, a remote device for changing, for example, power point slides without having to do … Continue reading
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Make a List of What You Know…(journal article)
One of the things we have discussed in class several times and/or have read about is how do you ascertain what your students may already know or don’t know about the subject you are teaching? This is helpful in a … Continue reading
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