Teaching Starter: Stressing Definitions and Relativity - If one goes into studying this video with a checklist of Islamic doctrines, one will miss out on what made Muhammad Ali not just one of the prettiest boxers, but one of the most fierce public speakers of the 20th century.
Teaching Starter: An Introduction to Discourse Analysis - My penchant for backward course design impresses the need to consider method more and more. I'm asking myself what kind of work do I want students to be able to do by course's end. How will they know what they know?
#AARSBL17: Skin in the Game–Racing the Stakes of Student-Scholarship - This weekend, Dr. Richard Newton will be at the annual meetings of the North American Association for the Study of Religion, the American Academy of Religion, and the Society of Biblical Literature to share some of his work on pedagogy. Whether you’re there physically or keeping up from afar, we’ll bring you updates from the field here at Sowing the…
Teaching Starter: Milking Classification - NPR and WBUR’s Here and Now featured a fascinating example of the power of classification. Dairy farmers say makers of plant-based milks — like almond milk and soy milk — are stealing away their customers. As Harvest Public Media’s Luke Runyon (@LukeRunyon) reports, the fight boils down to the definition of a single word. If…