As a follow up to the J.R. Miller’s wildly successful article “Flipped Theology: How Flipping Your Classroom Increases Learning,” we turned to one of the top slideshares on the new teaching revolution in higher education. by Alvaro Gonzalez-Alorda Six Key…
How a New Learning Technology Seems to Gel with Ancient Christian Theology by J. R. Miller I love the face-to-face interaction of the classroom, and while nothing will ever replace it, there are advantages to using the internet for teaching.…
Two TED messages on education by Sir Ken Robinson pinpoint many of the problems (and some of the solutions) facing education today. How Schools Kill Creativity . . Bring on the Revolution
What happened to 75% of 2004 New College Students? No one knows… More chart information by Jeff Selingo A college’s graduation rate is such a basic consumer fact for would-be students these days that it’s difficult to imagine that the…
A significant new study led by Dartmouth Medical School professor James Sargent discovered a significant relationship between movie moving and teen alcohol abuse. Published in BMJ Open, the prestigious open research journal of the British Medical Association, the two-year cohort study surveyed 6522…
2011 Faith and Science Week: Part 1 By David Wheeler in Percolator Washington — There’s a new bully on the intellectual block, shoving scholars around. Lots of them are caving into the threats. The bully’s name is “scientism,” the belief that science…
“The LORD has chosen Bezalel and filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of arts, as well as the ability to teach others.” –Exodus 35:30-33 We’re still field testing the new…
by Benjamin Ginsberg Until very recently, American colleges and universities were led primarily by their faculties. In his new book, The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters, Benjamin Ginsberg argues that the explosive growth of…
Competition for funding is fierce among non-profits who are working in the same niche. But for these outcome-oriented companies, is competing against each other the most effective strategy? Strive Partnerships demonstrates another approach by fostering collaborative relationships that leverage the diverse assets of the non-profits serving Cincinnati’s education system.
Follow up to: Partnership not Persecution: A Modest Proposal for the Future of China and her Christian Intellectuals by David Lyle Jeffrey in Books and Culture I was privileged recently to attend a conference on Marxism and Christianity in China. The venue was…
Hollywood and the American University System both under attack for compromising excellence in pursuit of political correctness Last week’s kerfuffle over two books charging Hollywood with bias against conservatives probably won’t make a great deal of difference in the entertainment industry.…
Culture-making Education through Devotion to BOTH the Life of the Mind AND the Life of the Spirit Ever wonder what casting a vision for two-handed warfare might sound like when addressing college students? Here’s one attempt from Geneva College (Pennsylvania.)…