“Powerful Pedagogy in the Science-and-Religion Classroom”

This essay is a discussion of effective teaching in the science and religion classroom. I begin by introducing Alfred North Whitehead’s three stages of learning -- romance, discipline, and generalization -- and consider their implications for powerful pedagogy in the science and religion classroom. Following Whitehead’s three principles, I develop a number of additional heuristics that deal with active, visual, narrative, cooperative, and dialogical learning styles. Finally, I present twelve guidelines for how to use e-mail and class-based listservers to achieve some of these outcomes.