AUDIO (47 mins.) How shall Christian educators teach in today’s world? What obstacles and opportunities do we face? What practices can help us improve learning and foster community? I delivered this presentation on February 17, 2022 at Calvin University. I wish to thank the de Vries Institute for Global Faculty Development and the Department of World Languages for their support. My lecture is based on material from a book I am writing on what I call “servant teaching.” Posted below the audio player are links to both Word and PDF versions of my outline as well as a downloadable version of the audio file. I encourage you to listen while looking at the outline. Contact me if you would like me to serve your school with online or in-person workshops/presentations on teaching.
PDF outline link
Microsoft Word outline link
Teaching for Shalom audio file
Thank you. I couldn’t attend the talk last week due to a medical appointment, and so I’m grateful for the recording. Very thoughtful and inspiring. Even though I am retiring this semester, the general ideas discussed can apply to so many other situations.
Thanks for your kind note, Pat. Blessings in your life ahead. Quin
This was great. I love how personal and humble your approach is with students. I love your realness!
Thanks much for your kind note, Kelli. Quin
My years at Calvin (69-73) were a time when students were definitely more liberal (aka. The Bananer😂 ) than faculty, with exceptions of course. Spending the majority of time in the science building where teaching was mostly 1 directional and 1 dimensional out of necessity, I was grateful for the respite in the balance of a Christian liberal arts education core and the many professors who shared a love for their course and their students on a plane with a lot of your wonderful insights. Thank you.
Hi, John. Thanks so much for your thoughts. Student culture(s) is changing rapidly, partly because of new communication technologies and partly because of the impact of the wider “culture wars” on youth today. Just as churches are struggling to figure out how to provide a welcoming, authentic community for youth, Christian universities are seeking to determine how pedagogies can be adapted to new student contexts. It seems to be that the liberal arts core should have considerable pedagogical flexibility, as you suggest. Quin