Sustainable Service Learning: A SLO TransformationPosted on July 11, 2014 by Julia FoggI began incorporating service learning over a decade ago, fresh out of grad school. I had few committee and no administrative responsibilities so all my time and energy went into teaching. I quickly learned two things: service and experiential learning are deeply transformative for students but incredibly time consuming for faculty…. Designing service learning or experiential learning courses presents two make-or-break challenges. The first is challenge is logistical…the second is relational…
Pop Culture & Pedagogy: The Danger in Seminary CurriculumPosted on June 30, 2014 by George ElerickWell known pedagogical theorist, Paulo Freire once said this of education: “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world”….This is where the aspect of pop culture becoming a spiritual discipline really shines, in that the spiritual disciplines are designed to develop the inner aspect of the human thereby developing the outer person. These material acts then transform the local world of those who engage with it….