The editors of The Practicum Blog asked me to share my take on REL101 for their Syllabus Project series.
Practicum’s Syllabus Project–Signifying Religion
Religious Studies…It’s Complicating!
To work in religious studies is to constantly ask, "What are we talking about again?..Who's doing what?...How does that work?" There's been a lot of cool stuff in the news showcasing what many of us think the discipline is about. Kate Blanchard of Alma College shares the type of issues that keep us up at … Continue reading Religious Studies…It’s Complicating!
Tell me, Doc! “What do I have to do to learn this?”
One pedagogical bandwagon that I've been happy to board is the move to rethink assessment. How do we teach in such a way that evaluation is a means rather than an ends in the learning process? Educator Robert Talbert has been moving from traditional grading to specifications grading in his STEM courses at Grand Valley State University. … Continue reading Tell me, Doc! “What do I have to do to learn this?”
#EtownEngage: #FergusonSyllabus Teach-In
LancasterOnline’s Tim Stuhldreher spoke to my colleagues and I about what the #FergusonSyllabus looks like at Elizabethtown College. Check out his article, “College events look at Post-Ferguson, Race, Justice Questions.”
Film Review of Exodus: God and Kings
My take on Sir Ridley Scott's Exodus story. Featured in LancasterOnline's Faith and Values section.
