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Volume 1, Number 2: From The Editor: The Challenges And Joys Of Engaging In Service!, Scot Headley
Volume 1, Number 2: From The Editor: The Challenges And Joys Of Engaging In Service!, Scot Headley
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Welcome to our second issue of the Journal. We anticipated having this issue released in December, and I apologize to authors and readers alike for the delay. Two surgeries and four weeks of recovery time behind me, and we are back on track and anticipate that the next issue will be released about June 1.
Jesus Teaching Through Discovery, Heekap Lee
Jesus Teaching Through Discovery, Heekap Lee
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
What made Jesus’ teaching effective? Jesus’ teaching was effective because it resulted in changing the hearers’ heart and having the hearer apply his message to their lives. Jesus’ teaching amazed listeners, for example, after hearing the Sermon on the Mount the crowds were amazed (Matthew 7:28). He taught ordinary, unschooled, disciples for three years and their teaching changed the entire world of their time and continues to affect our world today. The hearers of his teaching opened their “eyes and ears”. What made his teaching so successful? His teaching consisted of a set of procedures. Jesus identified the teaching moments; …
The Power Of Journaling: A Dynamic Tool For Evaluating Student Teacher Adjustment In Cross-Cultural Contexts, Brenda B. Mackay
The Power Of Journaling: A Dynamic Tool For Evaluating Student Teacher Adjustment In Cross-Cultural Contexts, Brenda B. Mackay
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Journaling is an acceptable pedagogical and assessment tool used to help leverage a university student teacher’s emotional and spiritual growth in a 10 week cross-cultural student teaching experience. The process requires students to document their life and learning experiences.
Questions are designed for student response. Student teachers are encouraged to draw personal connections between their lives and new experiences. This article will show how journaling helped four student teachers process what Kelly and Meyers (1995) identify as the four components of cross-cultural adaptability: (1) emotional resilience, (2) flexibility/openness, (3) perceptual acuity and (4) personal autonomy. Excerpts from the personal journals …
Volume 2, Number 1: From The Editor: Renewal, Refreshment And Reflection, Scot Headley
Volume 2, Number 1: From The Editor: Renewal, Refreshment And Reflection, Scot Headley
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Welcome to the Summer 2006 issue of the ICCTE Journal.
In May of 2006, a little over one month ago, about 90 teacher educators and others gathered at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia for the CCTE conference. It was a wonderful time of renewal and refreshment, as well as a time to be challenged and encouraged in our work as educators. I would like to extend my thanks and appreciation to our colleagues at Regent University who worked diligently to plan for and deliver a wonderful conference. The 2008 conference will be hosted by Gordon College, in the Boston …
Special Education As Spiritual Warfare, David Anderson
Special Education As Spiritual Warfare, David Anderson
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
This article reflects on a theology of exceptionalities and the hermeneutics of special education, and develops the notion that there is an aspect of special education which can be understood as spiritual warfare. The main thesis is that providing access to an appropriate and least restrictive education for people with disabilities involves “demolishing strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4): removing barriers of ignorance, prejudice, stereotype, cultural mythology, and misconception as to disability and the personal worth surrounding individuals who have disabilities. The discussion is situated within the context of Nicholas Wolterstorff”s work on teaching for shalom (2002, 2004). After defining the biblical …
Is The Heart Of Education The Education Of The Heart?, Christina Belcher
Is The Heart Of Education The Education Of The Heart?, Christina Belcher
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
If a Christian Institution is to do more than expand the mind or ‘head’ of adherents (which is the reason given from a biblical worldview perspective for a Christian institute’s existence), then how does education become an education of the heart, leading to a transforming world and life view? It is of note that even though Christian institutions are no strangers to the subject of worldview, sparse research has been done concerning worldview as it relates to long term educational impact. This paper is a case for the importance of looking at heart and worldview and a review of some …
Politiwheels Within Wheels: Some Thoughts About The Industrialization Of American Higher Education, David W. Robinson
Politiwheels Within Wheels: Some Thoughts About The Industrialization Of American Higher Education, David W. Robinson
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
The following article is a brief introduction to some of my reflections about the industrial nature of contemporary American higher education. In it, I have attempted a summary profile of the character of our civilization, and of the advanced structures of learning it has produced. It is not intended to be anything more than a sketching on vast historical canvas; a much larger study would be required to survey such a topic. Nevertheless, I believe that it will give the reader a sense of our culture, and the context that American colleges and universities occupy. As always in the histories …
Disciplea Lamp, The Cross, And A Waiting World: A Personal Theological Journey Into Whole Person Learning, David J. Gyertson
Disciplea Lamp, The Cross, And A Waiting World: A Personal Theological Journey Into Whole Person Learning, David J. Gyertson
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Whole person learning is a popular, often discussed, and well explored challenge of contemporary western pedagogy. The theme of the 2006 Coalition of Christian Teacher Educators International Conference called its members to a faith-based reflection on whole person learning with the theme of “Equipping for Alignment of Heart, Head, and Hands.” This article addresses the need for a theological context of whole person learning anchored to the concepts of tough minds, tender hearts, and hands outstretched for competent, compassionate service. The foundation of this paper is a personal theological pilgrimage that began as a college student. The Spring Arbor University …
A Case Study Of Vocabulary Instruction For High School Students, John A. Sargent, Rachel Olney
A Case Study Of Vocabulary Instruction For High School Students, John A. Sargent, Rachel Olney
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
A review of typical vocabulary instruction in a high school classroom. Several themes emerged from this case study, which highlight the related difficulties and challenges that accompany a popular approach to vocabulary instruction.
Improving Academic Performance Through The Enhancement Of Teacher/Student Relationships: The Relationship Teaching Model, J. Brian Nichols, Charles Sutton
Improving Academic Performance Through The Enhancement Of Teacher/Student Relationships: The Relationship Teaching Model, J. Brian Nichols, Charles Sutton
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
The authors present their case for the development of strong and appropriate relationships with students as a key for success in college teaching. The model of Relationship Teaching includes a wide and varied agenda of techniques and commitments with which to strengthen the interpersonal relationships present in the educational environment.
Ensuring Legal Boundaries With Religiosity In Public Schools, Gillian Stewart-Wells, Malcom Patterson
Ensuring Legal Boundaries With Religiosity In Public Schools, Gillian Stewart-Wells, Malcom Patterson
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
With varying sources recognizing significant religious shifts in recent years and years to come, teachers are faced with the task of developing curricula that include religious discussions more than ever before (Banks & Banks, 2004). At the same time, in our increasingly multicultural world, we are teaching to a more religiously diverse student population than ever before.
This paper will articulate an investigation that is two-fold: first, the authors will gauge how educators employed at public K – 12 schools engage their students in discussions and activities pertaining to religion while upholding all legal and constitutional guidelines, and second, to …
Teaching Through A Mirror Dimly: Partnering With Christ To Overcome Self, Gennie Harris
Teaching Through A Mirror Dimly: Partnering With Christ To Overcome Self, Gennie Harris
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
This paper spans the ten years of the author’s career in education, focusing on her personal struggle with wanting to be seen as relevant, spectacular and powerful in the eyes of her students. These three temptations are a framework for her personal reflection, set forth by Henri J. M. Nouwen (1989) in In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership. This paper chronicles the author’s struggles as a first-year K-12 teacher and as a new professor. The author finally recognizes how she sees both her students and herself in a mirror dimly and that partnering with Christ is the …