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Teaching Tips: Growing in Respect, Learning to Fly

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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

As Christ First Loved Us (Teaching Tips Series)

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Monica Greenwood shares today's post for our new series Teaching Tips. See Monica's other work for ESN here, including her Dear (No Longer) New Graduate Student, great reading for the end of the spring semester.   Every Monday morning, my work week begins the way I always dreamed it would, with chalk hitting the chalk board as I pace in front of thirty something young minds who were befuddled by the reading assignment I gave them over the weekend. Teaching at the university level is not only my dream job; it is … [Read more...] about As Christ First Loved Us (Teaching Tips Series)

Teaching Tips: Engineering in the Real World

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Here at ESN, we've found that some of our most appreciated posts share practical tips on learning various academic skills that emerging scholars can use to serve God and their neighbors. Teaching is a key way to serve students and love our neighbors by sharing knowledge, and it's also something many emerging scholars are learning how to do.  So in Spring 2017, we're sharing teaching tips from people in our network. We hope readers will get some good ideas from each other, and also get a glimpse into how Christian … [Read more...] about Teaching Tips: Engineering in the Real World