We're delighted to welcome Dr. Robbie Fox Castleman to the blog today to share some ideas on connecting faith and your field in the classroom. Dr. Castleman is a professor at John Brown University and an InterVarsity Press author. She has also served in InterVarsity area and national directorships. This article is taken, in part, from an address to faculty at John Brown University, 2019. Teachers, from pre-school to post-docs are a very brave lot. James cautions the early church, “Not many of you should become … [Read more...] about Teaching for Integration: Faith & Your Field in the Classroom
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Teaching Tips: Growing in Respect, Learning to Fly
Beth Madison recently shared some of her tips on teaching in Humility, Caring, and Cheerleading. Here she follows up with a few teaching ideas learned from Ephesians. Ephesians 4:15 (NLT) Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. This passage encourages me to remember two things about my students when I'm teaching: They need to fly–Like a mother eagle pushes her eaglets out of the nest to learn to fly, I try to … [Read more...] about Teaching Tips: Growing in Respect, Learning to Fly
Humility, Caring, and Cheerleading (Teaching Tips Series)
New to our spring series on teaching tips, a post by Beth Madison. Beth's other writing at the blog has been widely appreciated. Check it out here! Colossians 4:6 (ICB) When you talk, you should always be kind and wise. Then you will be able to answer everyone in the way you should. Practice humility—Hubris was/is my greatest enemy in teaching. Even after 20+ years in teaching, I still struggle daily with pride which is my greatest barrier to effectively reaching my students to instill in them a passion … [Read more...] about Humility, Caring, and Cheerleading (Teaching Tips Series)
On the Tenure Track
I went through a painful process last year. Necessary, but painful. But it was a good thing. At my institution, we undergo a pre-tenure evaluation before we go up for tenure —a practice run, so to speak —and my pre-tenure review provided a valuable opportunity for me to reconsider my priorities as a Christian faculty member. As I listed committees I served on, classes I taught, lectures I attended, students I mentored —accounted for how I used my time —I could no longer deceive myself into thinking that I was devoting … [Read more...] about On the Tenure Track
Approaching a New Semester
Editor's note: A powerful piece received a few weeks ago, I encourage you to join the author and myself in prayer for the new term. . . . I have to admit a certain fear as the new semester approaches. Not so much about the teaching itself. It's a lot of work, but I've done it before. What incites fear in me is the realization that I — with all my insecurities, faults and failures —am again being given sixty-some students for four hours a week for fifteen weeks. This is more time than they will spend with their … [Read more...] about Approaching a New Semester