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Overview Of Learning Theories (Chapter 1 Of Faith-Based Education That Constructs), Debra S. Espinor
Overview Of Learning Theories (Chapter 1 Of Faith-Based Education That Constructs), Debra S. Espinor
Faculty Publications - College of Education
Virtually everyone would agree that the role of the school is to help students learn. The school, as an institution of education, must incorporate a sense of morality or values. This said, the methods of incorporating morality and values into education vary. This chapter explores three of the most common learning theories of the last fifty years: behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. Each section will take a brief glance at the history, background, and definition of each of the theories. Then, the chapter will turn to the strengths and weaknesses of each of the theories, illuminating their role in supporting students' …
Peace Curriculum For Friends High Schools In Kenya, Eloise Hockett, Lon Fendall
Peace Curriculum For Friends High Schools In Kenya, Eloise Hockett, Lon Fendall
Faculty Publications - College of Education
No abstract provided.
The Sustaining Possibilities Of Service-Learning Engagements, Carla Nelsona, Dana Antaya-Mooreb, Ken Badley, Wendy Colemand
The Sustaining Possibilities Of Service-Learning Engagements, Carla Nelsona, Dana Antaya-Mooreb, Ken Badley, Wendy Colemand
Faculty Publications - College of Education
In this article, we explore two possibilities which arise from service-learning engagements, both from a narrative perspective. First, we consider the possibility that service-learning may be a sustaining experience for in-service teachers. And, second, we suggest that intentional inquiry into this experience for in-service teachers may foster the experience of sustaining themselves and of being sustained in their professional and personal lives. Through storying and re-storying our experiences during a service-learning engagement in Kenya over seven years ago and through storying the reverberations of these experiences in the intervening seven-plus years, we suggest that when attended to narratively, the interactions …
An Examination Of The Relationship Between Exclusionary Discipline And Academic Success, Greg Tardieu
An Examination Of The Relationship Between Exclusionary Discipline And Academic Success, Greg Tardieu
Doctor of Education (EdD)
The purpose of this case study is to determine whether traditional methods of exclusionary punishment, such as detention, suspension, and expulsion affect the grades, attendance, and behavior of students who have been removed from the classroom. I will examine students from a middle school of 450 students to find out how removal from the regular classroom setting as a consequence of their behavior affects grades, attendance, and behavior as evidenced by school records and perceptions of the participants.
Teaching And Learning By Analogy: Psychological Perspectives On The Parables Of Jesus, Kevin B. Zook Ph.D.
Teaching And Learning By Analogy: Psychological Perspectives On The Parables Of Jesus, Kevin B. Zook Ph.D.
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Christian teachers are often encouraged to use Jesus’ teaching strategies as models for their own pedagogy. Jesus frequently utilized analogical comparisons, or parables, to help his learners understand elements of his Gospel message. Although teachers can use analogical models to facilitate comprehension, such models also can sow the seeds of confusion and misconception. Recent advances in cognitive psychology have provided new theoretical frameworks to help us understand how instructional analogies function in the teaching-learning process. The goal of this paper is to analyze Jesus’ analogical teaching from these psychological perspectives, with implications for all teachers who utilize instructional analogies. In …
Students’ Perspective On Intrinsic Motivation To Learn: A Model To Guide Educators, Jane Taylor Wilson Ph.D.
Students’ Perspective On Intrinsic Motivation To Learn: A Model To Guide Educators, Jane Taylor Wilson Ph.D.
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the collective perspective of what motivates students to exert effort and energy towards learning tasks in a classroom setting. To reach this goal, the researcher utilized a qualitative methodology, the Insider Perspective Approach, to take a deep look inside the classroom experience and examine the broad view of the students’ collective perspective. A model for situational motivation is presented suggesting factors that educators can manipulate to enhance students’ intrinsic motivation to learn: control, competence, active involvement, variety, curiosity, challenge, a sense of belonging, and honored voices. When teachers integrate these constructs …
Letter From The Editor, Christina Belcher
Letter From The Editor, Christina Belcher
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
As summer leans closer to the start of another school year, I invite you to put your feet up and read Volume 5, Issue 2 (Summer Issue) of the ICCTE e-journal. This publication includes papers from the recent ICCTE conference. The theme of the 2010 ICCTE conference in Longview, Texas was Igniting the Flames of Faith and Learning. Papers submitted probe this theme from different perspectives. In addition, this issue includes papers forthcoming since our last online publication.
Iccte 2010 Conference Review, Scot Headley
Iccte 2010 Conference Review, Scot Headley
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
This past May, the Ninth Biennial Conference of the ICCTE took place at LeTourneau University in Longview Texas. About 75 faculty members from a number of colleges and universities gathered to share their research, to fellowship together and to enjoy the hospitality of colleagues. Every other year our group gathers. In the spring of 2012, we will gather at Azusa Pacific University in the Los Angeles area. I am grateful to colleagues who have worked diligently for about 20 years to provide opportunity for Christian professors of education and in related fields to gather for the purpose of sharing our …
Book Review: Smith, J.K.A.: Desiring The Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, And Cultural Formation, Christina Belcher
Book Review: Smith, J.K.A.: Desiring The Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, And Cultural Formation, Christina Belcher
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
What if education was not first and foremost about what we know, but about what we love? (Smith, 2009, p.18)
This is one of the driving questions that frames Smith’s book; a question worthy of educational reflection. Smith organizes his argument around the ideas of the dichotomy between thinking and doing; work and worship [liturgy]. His argument is that worldview must not be merely cognitive and intellectual, but must include a robust ‘social imaginary’ (flowing from the work of Charles Taylor) that is grounded in the practices of Christian worship. So far so good.
Building A Community Of Shalom: What The Bible Says About Multicultural Education, Heekap Lee
Building A Community Of Shalom: What The Bible Says About Multicultural Education, Heekap Lee
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Multicultural education is a highly controversial topic in which it has been the center of contentions and conflicts as it has evolved for the last couple of decades. Several concerns and problems existed in the field of multicultural education will be addressed in this article. In addition, a new framework of multicultural education, called the shalom model, which is drawn from the Bible is presented, along with the characteristics of the model. The goal of multicultural education, according to this model, is to build a community of shalom, an image that is clearly described in Isaiah 11:6. In order to …
Core Competencies And Christian Education: An Integrative Approach To Education In Marriage And Family Therapy Programs, Thomas V. Frederick Ph.D., Laura L. Steele
Core Competencies And Christian Education: An Integrative Approach To Education In Marriage And Family Therapy Programs, Thomas V. Frederick Ph.D., Laura L. Steele
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
For educating marriage and family therapy (MFT) students, there has been an increasing emphasis on their ability to demonstrate a series of core competencies as identified by the American Associate for Marriage and Family (AAMFT) (Nelson et al., 2007). This type of therapist education from outcome-based education (OBE) fosters the characteristics or worldview associated with educational institutions and the profession. At the most general level, OBE is education or socialization into the professional MFT worldview. As a corrective to this, there is a need to seek this moral character in a Christian worldview which emphasizes a metanarrative informed by the …
Special Education And Spiritual Formation, David W. Anderson
Special Education And Spiritual Formation, David W. Anderson
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Faith-learning integration is a complex and sometimes challenging issue for university faculty, and something which our students have not likely engaged in. Rather than “integration,” emphasis will be on how Christian thought informs educational practice, and contributes to our spiritual formation, igniting flames of faith-learning and helping prepare caring and competent teachers.
Part Ii: Professional Development Activities And Professional Learning Community In The Mid-America Region Of The Association Of Christian Schools International, Linda M. Neuzil
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Current trends in the education literature currently point to school leadership as responsible for the professional growth of the faculty (Fullan, 2010; Reeves, 2006) leading to the desired academic growth of the students. The Christian school community, however, has limited resources compared to those in the public sector. Unfortunately, the literature rarely includes the 400,000 teachers or the school leaders who have chosen to work in private education and their influence on the lives of over 5 million children (Broughman & Swaim, 2006). By examining effective professional development and its relationship to the development of professional learning communities specifically for …
The Gap In The Curtain: Seeing Pieces Of A Residential Community's Future, David Johnstone
The Gap In The Curtain: Seeing Pieces Of A Residential Community's Future, David Johnstone
Publications from Student Life & Spiritual Life
No abstract provided.
Whither Church-Related Higher Education Now? A Review Essay Of Six Recent Titles, Ken Badley
Whither Church-Related Higher Education Now? A Review Essay Of Six Recent Titles, Ken Badley
Faculty Publications - College of Education
No abstract provided.
Qr Codes And Academic Libraries: Reaching Mobile Users, Robin Ashford
Qr Codes And Academic Libraries: Reaching Mobile Users, Robin Ashford
Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries
No abstract provided.
Qr Codes & Simple Augmented Reality In Academic Libraries, Robin Ashford
Qr Codes & Simple Augmented Reality In Academic Libraries, Robin Ashford
Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries
No abstract provided.
Sommerville's "Religious Ideas For Secular Universities" - Book Review, Ken Badley
Sommerville's "Religious Ideas For Secular Universities" - Book Review, Ken Badley
Faculty Publications - College of Education
Review of C. John Sommerville's "Religious Ideas for Secular Universities," originally published in Christian Scholar's Review, 40(1), 2010.
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Slow Reading: Reading Along 'Lectio' Lines, K Jo-Ann Badley, Ken Badley
Slow Reading: Reading Along 'Lectio' Lines, K Jo-Ann Badley, Ken Badley
Faculty Publications - College of Education
No abstract provided.
A Biblical Ethics For Talented And Gifted Education, Ken Badley, Amy Dee
A Biblical Ethics For Talented And Gifted Education, Ken Badley, Amy Dee
Faculty Publications - College of Education
No abstract provided.
Creating An Educational Ethos Where Innovation And Accountability Flourish: A New Model For Transparency In Educational Organizations, Amy Lynn Dee, Ken Badley
Creating An Educational Ethos Where Innovation And Accountability Flourish: A New Model For Transparency In Educational Organizations, Amy Lynn Dee, Ken Badley
Faculty Publications - College of Education
No abstract provided.
Review Of Bowen's "Growing Up Christian: Why Young People Stay In Church, Leave Church And (Sometimes) Come Back To Church", Ken Badley
Faculty Publications - College of Education
No abstract provided.
Professional Development's Complex Ecology: Examining A Whole-School Balanced Literacy Professional Development, Dawn Lambson, Susanna M. Steeg
Professional Development's Complex Ecology: Examining A Whole-School Balanced Literacy Professional Development, Dawn Lambson, Susanna M. Steeg
Faculty Publications - College of Education
This descriptive study reports on the structure and implementation of a school wide professional development model in a southwest public elementary school. The professional development effort was designed to support educators’ understanding and teaching of balanced literacy. The paper reports on the components of this professional development and discusses the strengths of this model in relation to educational research and findings on professional development. We conclude by discussing this model from the perspective of involved administration, facilitators, and teachers, as they consider the process of crossing the borders from professional development into their classrooms. The study is strengthened by teachers’ …
Book Review: The Joy Of Teaching: Effective Strategies For The Classroom, Amy Lynn Dee
Book Review: The Joy Of Teaching: Effective Strategies For The Classroom, Amy Lynn Dee
Faculty Publications - College of Education
Excerpt: "Woven throughout his book, the joy Hazel found in the vocation of teaching rises above all other content, ergo the title. Hazel begins in the first chapter with the joy and the rewards of teaching by observing that our call to teach provides a means toward self-actualization as well as a way to serve God's people. Many enter the field of teaching with hearts and minds centered on care for others as well as a desire to make a difference in the lives of students. Through many of the over one hundred stories collected during the research for this …
“We Want To Tell The World”: One Teacher’S Experience With The Power Of Petey, Susanna M. Steeg
“We Want To Tell The World”: One Teacher’S Experience With The Power Of Petey, Susanna M. Steeg
Faculty Publications - College of Education
“That one’s Petey Corbin. He’s an idiot retard, but a friendly one—you know, laughs and smiles a lot. Sometimes you swear he’s thinking, but it’s just conditioning. They used to get him up every day and put him in a wheelchair. Lucky for us, they stopped that.” (Mikaelsen, 1998, p. 113)
I steal a glance up from the page of the book I am reading aloud to take stock of my fourth-graders’ reactions. They sit just below where I am curled on the couch. The lights are off, except for a single reading lamp. This is our daily read-aloud ritual; …
When The Cat’S Away, The Mice Keep Learning, Laura Simmons
When The Cat’S Away, The Mice Keep Learning, Laura Simmons
Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary
No abstract provided.
Letter From The Editor, Christina Belcher
Letter From The Editor, Christina Belcher
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Welcome to Issue 6, Volume 1 of the ICCTE Journal.
Welcome back to the ICCTE online community as we share the fruits of yet another journal publication. Some of the five articles in this issue address the work of Christian colleagues in secular institutions. Others assist us in our quest to teach and learn by sharpening our thoughts on specific disciplines of teaching and learning in an educational setting. Topics include: teacher vitality as this relates to a two country study; faculty perspectives of academic freedom; students’ perceptions on motivations to learn; learning from the parables and controversial issues in …
Faculty Perceptions Of Academic Freedom At A Private Religious University, James A. Swezey Ed.D., T. Christopher Ross Ed.S
Faculty Perceptions Of Academic Freedom At A Private Religious University, James A. Swezey Ed.D., T. Christopher Ross Ed.S
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Academic freedom is viewed by many in higher education as an indispensible foundational principle offering protection to university faculty. University faculty working within schools of education rely on the protection of academic freedom to pursue and develop new knowledge, frameworks, and pedagogies with which they can train and equip the next generation of classroom teachers and school administrators. Private religious universities have been a part of the American education landscape since the founding of Harvard University, yet the perception exists that faculty at religious universities are de facto inhibited by the religious commitment of many of these institutions. This study …
The Role Of Controversial Issues In Moral Education: Approaches And Attitudes Of Christian School Educators, Samuel J. Smith
The Role Of Controversial Issues In Moral Education: Approaches And Attitudes Of Christian School Educators, Samuel J. Smith
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
This study investigated the approaches and attitudes of Christian school teachers as they addressed controversial issues in moral education. Thirteen teachers from four schools were interviewed extensively. A hermeneutic phenomenological methodology was implemented. Participants conveyed that they attempted to remain pedagogically neutral in matters relating to denominational differences among Christian churches. While acknowledging that indoctrinative techniques may alienate students, teachers chose to indoctrinate selectively, especially in matters critical to the Christian faith. Issues impacting the classrooms included abortion, sex, doctrine, homosexuality, evolution, etc. Teachers rarely chose to remain neutral on controversial issues unless by doing so they sensed that they …
Teacher Vital Signs: A Two-Country Study Of Teacher Vitality, Delta Cavner Ed.D.
Teacher Vital Signs: A Two-Country Study Of Teacher Vitality, Delta Cavner Ed.D.
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
Defining teacher vitality as the vigor, energy, passion, and joy teachers bring to their classroom, students and colleagues; this article describes an international, comparative, qualitative, phenomenological study of teachers’ lived experiences to determine the elements influencing teacher vitality. This is a two-country, multiple-case study of twenty-one middle and high school teachers who had taught ten to twenty years. In order to serve as a confirmation of the universality of the elements of teacher vitality, the study was not only conducted in two different schools in Idaho, but also was replicated in two different schools in Austria. In each of the …