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Three Final Stories from the Front (of the Classroom)
Blog Series: Stories from the Front
May 19, 2015
Tags: vocation of teaching | faculty well-being | faculty mentoring
For our final post, we each cover an overarching reflection or two from the 2014-15 academic year. Look for fresh content from the Wabash Center in the fall. In the meantime, feel free to visit our ongoing blog Race Matters in the Classroom or browse our Wabash Center YouTube channel. ...
Framing the Academic Year
Blog Series: Stories from the Front
May 05, 2015
Tags: philosophy of teaching | engaged teaching | course design | balancing teaching and research
Editor’s note: Today’s blog is Eric's final individual entry for this year of Stories from the Front (of the Classroom). Look for our final collaborative post on Tuesday May 19. One of the things I love most about teaching is the rhythm of the academic year: the excitement of ...
I Am an Old, Decrepit Computer
Blog Series: Stories from the Front
March 24, 2015
Tags: philosophy of teaching | embodied teaching | critically reflective teaching | theological education
Comparing myself to an aging piece of technology might not have been the smartest move. In the cover letter I sent with my application to Luther Seminary, I noted that I hoped that my students would someday see my teaching as they might an old computer with a disk drive ...
A Picture is Still Worth a Thousand Words
Blog Series: Stories from the Front
February 10, 2015
Tags: teaching with media | teaching with the arts | student learning
I teach texts. I read texts. I write texts. Every once in a great while, I even text texts. But I’ve noticed recently that many more of the texts I receive have fewer and fewer actual words. I’m talking acronyms certainly (LOL and lots more I haven’t ...
A Teacher in a Strange Land
Blog Series: Stories from the Front
January 20, 2015
Tags: student learning | course design | teaching diverse students
Alright, not a strange land. It’s just Berkeley. Let me back up. I am currently about halfway through a teaching gig at Pacific School of Religion thanks to the intrepid work of the Hispanic Summer Program. For two weeks, I am helping a group of students find their way ...