Here is an extract from the long video I linked to the other day. The extract covers reasons why we should teach theology to adults and children together.
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Back in 2004 on the 15th of November I was also bogged down in marking (is there nothing new under the sun?) so i posted this little gem: Blame Steve Taylor for this post, that or the end of the year has finally got to me… But Steve’s post “everyday spirituality of ironing” which reads: [...]
One of the interesting results of nearing retirement from Carey is that I find myself becoming more aware of “elephants in the room”. Somehow while I was still counting my remaining teaching at Carey in multiple years they remained, by and large, unnoticed. In this post I’d like to address the “elephant” of struggling students. [...]
I’ve always had a sneaking envy of physics teachers. Their subject comes with such a neat set of well understood and widely agreed (almost universally1 principles and concepts. In biblical studies everything is so frustratingly a matter of (almost always widely) different interpretations and approaches. But now I have another reason to envy physics teachers. [...]
I realise that in my enthusiasm for the infographic I probably didn’t explain well what I meant in my last post: Flip, this is good. Teaching on this model would involve groups of students together (and separately) addressing a series of issues or situations (carefully chosen and prepared case studies, or actual situations that come [...]
Eddie Fearon (at Hermeneutica) was asking how I’d restructure teaching in Theology/Biblical Studies, I think his concern with my “we’d start with real world situations” suggestion was that the basics of biblical and theological disciplines would get lost. I think this infographic suggests how they could be ensured. Created by Knewton and Column Five Media [...]
A while back a number of us talked about producing a free open-source textbook to the Hebrew Bible/OldTestament/TaNaK/whatever you call it today. Since that first flurry the idea has quietly dropped. However, also since then I find I have one day a week next semester to do with as I please, and even more time [...]
The always impressive John Hobbins has a fine post “Innovative Methods of Interactive Online Study” outlining the approach he uses in the course on the Bible and its reception, whose sessions he has been regaling us with details for some weeks now. This post is well worth reading by everyone interested in teaching using an [...]
What a great resource, and free online instead of expensive dead trees from Brill :) The כלי Database: Utensils in the Hebrew Bible from Het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap (the Dutch and Flemish society of Old Testament scholars) looks really excellent a great source of information on all those awkward terms that refer to various sorts of [...]
One video in particular from Michael Wesch’s Visions Of Students Today 2011 project caught my eye. He asked students to make short videos of education from their perspective, and offer them as an open source resource. This video caught my attention because it highlights the dangers of leaving students passive and the power of active [...]
