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Scholar’s Call: The Student Who Walked Away

March 21, 2016 by Paul Yandle No Comments

I do not claim to be a great teacher today, though I’d like to think I am getting better. When I first started teaching I was woefully inadequate to the task. Research and writing came naturally to me. Standing in front of a room full of people and commanding respect did not.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: classroom, Faculty, Failure, professor, Scholar's Call, student, teaching

“Time” to be imitated?

April 17, 2014 by Mark Eckel 2 Comments

 The Marks of a Christian Scholar: A Vocational Description (Part Three)[1] Mark Eckel, ThM PhD, Professor of Leadership, Education & Discipleship Capital Seminary & Graduate School, Washington, D.C. By guiding attention we take in our hands the key to the formation and the development of personality and character. — Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky[2] My first stint […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The Marks of a Christian Scholar Tagged With: Albert Bandura, Christ, christian scholarship, Corinthians, discipleship, education, image of God, imitation, Paul, responsibility, student, teacher, Thessalonians, time, time management, Timothy, type

Owning education

April 10, 2014 by Mark Eckel No Comments

 The Marks of a Christian Teacher: A Vocational Description (Part Two)[1] Mark Eckel, ThM PhD, Professor of Leadership, Education & Discipleship Capital Seminary & Graduate School, Washington, D.C. The true function of the teacher is to create the most favorable conditions for self-learning. True teaching is not that which gives knowledge, but that which stimulates […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, The Marks of a Christian Scholar, The Purpose of Education Tagged With: A Student's Prayer, Bereans, bible, christian scholarship, common grace, creation, Creator, creature, education, image of God, knowledge, ownership, responsibility, student, teacher, truth

I Just Need Time to Think!

March 11, 2014 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

Incline my heart. – Pascal. Ever find yourself shouting out, I just need time to think! How do you and the communities of which you are a part respond? Looking for a resource with some clear, focused recommendations to assist you in taking another step on the journey? Over the past year I have enjoyed getting […]

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: I just need time to think!, Mark Eckel, reflection, sabbath, student, virtue, vocation

Returning to Graduate School – Thoughts by Michael Stell (2)

December 2, 2013 by Michael J. Stell, MATS No Comments

Part Two – Being a Graduate Student When I entered grad school, I entered with a sense of purpose that was in my mind akin to the idea that the Puritans had of vocation or calling. Attending a Catholic university, I realize that many use the word vocation in strictly religious ways, but the Puritans […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Transitions Tagged With: academic vocations, commuter student, family, father, graduate school, mark noll, married student, Mentoring, mentors, phd, returning student, Returning to Graduate School, Returning to Graduate School – Thoughts by Michael Stell, Seminary, student, student government, theologian, theology, time management, university, vocation

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