Category: Teaching- Best Practices

Is there a such thing as Christian teaching?

40% of   Christian professors (n=2309)   said that their faith does not influence their teaching methods (Smith, 2018, p. 145).  In a compilation of nearly 300 books and articles on integration of faith and learning; I noted that very few resources discuss how Christianity

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Ted’s Tips: Managing Email

By Ted Murcray
Email can get the best of us! Too many email messages can make us feel like responding to email is a full-time job. As a professor, we want to be sure we respond in a timely manner, but sometimes there doesn’t feel like there is enough time.

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The Grades Are In. Who Learned?

By Ted Murcray
The semester is over and the grades are done.  Grading is my least favorite of the teaching tasks because it seems so finite – so immovable.  I prefer the teaching moments when I am working directly with students

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