Seminarium

The Elements of Great Teaching

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Tracking Social Media Footprints in the Online Class

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Twitter has taken over the classroom…and you’re to blame! Okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. However we cannot escape the reality that we are in a social media era, even in the ivory towers of academia. And, as those who shape the minds of tomorrow’s leaders, we need to embrace the technology revolution.

Seven Things I Wish All Pastors Knew About Academics—Part 2

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In this second part, I want to focus on the experience and identity of academics in Christian communities. Many of the things that I wish pastors knew about academics speak to the way in which academics might be perceived as threatening to the leadership and power of pastors. Although I am attempting to show that such a notion is misguided, I admit that there is one way in which academics are threatening. . . .

Teaching the Bible and Race in the USA

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Last fall at Elizabethtown College, I taught an upper-level seminar entitled the Bible and Race in the USA. Our small class was divided evenly among Caucasian and African American participants.

At the close of the semester, I asked a few students to reflect on their learning experience. With their permission, I’ve edited together their remarks into the collaborative essay below.

“I’m Using My Bible for a Roadmap”

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The conventional way that introductory biblical studies courses are taught is that one proceeds through, say, the New Testament either canonically (from Matthew to Revelation), or historically (1 Thessalonians to 2 Peter), or some combination of the two. The focus is on information acquisition with the assumption that the Bible’s content is somehow meaningful, especially when placed within its various historical contexts. In other words, we who teach the Bible, along with our students who wish to learn about it, approach the Bible as insiders, taking for granted its inherent value.