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2010-11 Theological School Deans
2010-11 Teaching and Learning Colloquy for
Theological School Deans: Changing Times for Theological Education
Dates
May 27-June 2, 2010 - Summer Session at Wabash College
January 10-14, 2011 - Winter Session at Mustang Island
Leadership Team
Michael Jinkins, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Melanie A. May, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Paul Myhre, Wabash ...
2011 HTI Workshop
2011 Workshop for Hispanic Theological Initiative Fellows
Dates
January 21-23, 2011 - Catholic Theological Union, Chicago
A gathering of Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) Fellows to discuss issues about teaching and learning related to syllabi design, professional teaching development, and other issues related to the first years of teaching.
Leadership Team
Milagros Peñ...
2011-12 Pre-Tenure Workshop
2011-12 Teaching and Learning Workshop for
Pre-Tenure Asian & Asian American Religion and Theology Faculty
Dates
July 18-23, 2011 - First Summer Session at Wabash College
January 26-29, 2012 - Winter Session at Mustang Island
June 25-30, 2012 - Second Summer Session at Wabash College
Leadership Team
Kwok Pui-Lan, Episcopal Divinity School (Director)
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2011 Online Course
2011 Online Course for Theological Faculty Teaching Online
Dates
May 31 to July 30, 2011
Course Fee: $100 per person (due upon enrollment, after being accepted, in early May)
The Wabash Center is increasingly aware of the growing number of seminaries that offer at least some of their curriculum online. The circumstances that lead to ...
2011-12 Theological School Deans
2011-12 Teaching and Learning Colloquy for
Theological School Deans
Dates
June 27-July 2, 2011 - First Session at Wabash College
March 7-11, 2012- Second Session at Mustang Island
Leadership Team
Melanie Duguid-May, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School(Director)
Efrain Agosto, Hartford Seminary
William Cahoy, St. John's University
Paul O. Myhre, Wabash Center
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Teaching Islam post-9/11: An Ongoing Intervention in History and Tradition
Many Islamicists, specialists in Islam, talk about the challenge of teaching Islam in a post-9/11 world, a world where the War on Terror (WOT), political chaos in the Middle East (exacerbated by the WOT), and global jihadi violence (which feeds off the WOT) dominates the news. Not surprisingly, this backdrop ...
Physics for Deans: 11 Inviolable laws that just make it harder
An academic dean friend of mine once asked in frustration, "Why is this work so hard?!" I'm not sure I know the answer to that question. Some jobs are just more challenging due to the complexity of the work and the span of responsibility. But, here are eleven inviolable scientific ...
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Theatre as Pedagogy in Religious Studies: Workshop at the 2011 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting
Kinesthetic ways of knowing and teaching have been largely neglected in teaching religion and theology. This workshop provides the space for learning and encountering theatre techniques of improvisation, characterization, and acting as ways of embodying religious and theological knowledges and energizing the classroom. According to our proposed facilitator Victoria Rue, “...
Growing a Department: Cultivating Beneficial Processes and Results in the Development of a Team-Taught Capstone Course
This project is designed to cultivate healthy and productive processes for creating a departmental capstone course at Austin College. Through a constructive process, involving all three members of the religion department, the project will engage in critical reflection about issues related to collaborative processes, team teaching, and modeling of collaboration.
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Theological Education in a Multicultural Environment: Identifying and Evaluating Best Practices for Empowerment. Part I - Research and Planning
The Joint Faculty Multiethnic Concerns Committee of Fuller Theological Seminary proposes a four-stage evaluation of student perceptions of classroom practices. The proposal is conceived as the first part of a larger planning initiative to further policymaking and pedagogy which will support the culturally diverse ministries of our student body. Stage 1 ...
Toward a Dynamic Model of Religious Studies Senior Capstone
The Religious Studies Senior Capstone, currently a 25-page thesis required of all majors, does not consistently meet the needs of students and faculty and may not be the appropriate capstone for the major. We propose to evaluate and redesign the senior capstone to bring it into alignment with our department ...
Extending the Principles of Flipped Learning to Achieve Measurable Results: Emerging Research and Opportunities
As higher education continues to grapple with expanding online coursework in meaningful ways, faculty must confront a perennial question: how can online coursework mirror the rigor of in-person classes while preserving the flexibility that makes online learning attractive to students? In Extending the Principles of Flipped Learning to Achieve Measurable ...
Muslim Women, Transnational Feminism and the Ethics of Pedagogy: Contested Imaginaries in Post-9/11 Cultural Practice
Speaking about her identity as a Muslim woman, spoken-word poet Sofia Baig said, “At a certain point, you have to raise your voice and fight to take it back” (275). In that spirit, this volume unites reflection and action for transformational pedagogy. By teaching readers to recognize negative stereotypes about Muslim ...
Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time
Concerns about mastery of learning outcomes or competencies, grade inflation, student motivation, and faculty time compel reflection on how we assess students in higher education. In Specifications Grading, Nilson critiques the traditional, point-based grading system and argues that students should be assessed on whether they have mastered course learning outcomes. ...
On Christian Teaching: Practicing Faith in the Classroom
What is expressly Christian about teaching in a Christian context? In this assessment of the state of Protestant Christian pedagogy and constructive vision for its improvement, Smith addresses a gap he perceives between the aspirations and actual practices of Christian teaching. Teaching in Christian contexts cannot be reduced to issues ...
Understanding Bible by Design: Create Courses with Purpose
Lester, Webster, and Jones came together from different academic contexts to create a practical, succinct resource for professors on course design. Lester and his co-authors set out to demonstrate how the principles of Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe’s 2005 updated Understanding by Design (UbD) model can be applied to theological ...