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Teaching for the Real World

“Our textbooks today are much more focused on practical things.” The student’s comment, offered in a class on world language pedagogy as we discussed historical examples of language textbooks, stood out as requiring more response than I quite knew how to pack into the moment.…

michelerauNovember 1, 2024

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching Featured

Civic Hospitality, Pedagogical Engagement, and Faith-Framed Learning

One of the possible functions of Christian beliefs and practices in teaching and learning contexts is to act as framing devices. When concern for student wellbeing is named as pastoral care, when environmental responsibility is connected to stewardship or creation care, or when language learning…

michelerauMay 16, 2024

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching Featured Spiritual Development

Hospitality, Teaching, and Pauses for Reflection

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. DAVID: Some years ago, I was teaching an intensive graduate class in curriculum studies to a group that included students from multiple countries. The first significant written assignment came a…

michelerauApril 10, 2024

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching Featured Spiritual Development

The Rhythms of Imagined Faith

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. In the preface to her recent book on theological education, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier describes some of the repeating patterns that she experienced during her childhood as a member of a Latin@…

David I. SmithOctober 24, 2023

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching Resources Voices from the Past

The Courage to Begin

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. One morning in July I sat with some fellow faculty at the tail end of a writing retreat, and the conversation turned to the dawning realization that there is less…

David I. SmithAugust 22, 2023

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Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching Language and Culture Learning Teaching Literature

A Teacher’s Burdens (And Who Shoulders Them)

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. I’ve been thinking about burdens again. Often my own, I must confess, but also the kind that I place on others’ shoulders. The question about whether I lift a finger…

David I. SmithMay 31, 2023

Book Reviews Faith and Teaching Language and Culture Learning

The Challenges of Writing about Teaching

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. This piece is a slightly adapted version of a recent editorial written for the International Journal of Christianity and Education. In the preface to his recent book Transforming Fire: Imagining…

David I. SmithMay 31, 2023

Articles & Essays Reflection on Scripture Technology in Schools

Grammarly, AI Editors, ChatGPT, and the Pedagogical Perils of Writing with Confidence

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. In one of Grammarly’s ubiquitous advertisements, a hapless writer uses the popular AI-based editing software to improve an interpersonal communication. The furrowed brows accompanying the initial attempt (“we might be…

David I. SmithMay 31, 2023

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Articles & Essays Spiritual Development Technology in Schools

Here’s Your Assignment

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. During focus group research for the book Digital Life Together, two secondary school students offered the following reflections about what happens when their teachers assign reading tasks: we’ll ask ,…

David I. SmithMay 31, 2023

Articles & Essays Scholarship Technology in Schools Uncategorized

An Accidental Visual Reminder of Humility

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. I have an image pinned to the noticeboard by my desk that resulted from a moment of incompetence but seemed worth keeping in view. It was generated while working on…

David I. SmithMay 31, 2023

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Teaching for the Real World

Civic Hospitality, Pedagogical Engagement, and Faith-Framed Learning

Hospitality, Teaching, and Pauses for Reflection

The Rhythms of Imagined Faith

The Courage to Begin

A Teacher’s Burdens (And Who Shoulders Them)

The Challenges of Writing about Teaching

Grammarly, AI Editors, ChatGPT, and the Pedagogical Perils of Writing with Confidence

Here’s Your Assignment

An Accidental Visual Reminder of Humility

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