Appendix: Literature to use for Discussion

Theological Education
Calian, Carnegie Samuel. 2002. The Ideal Seminary: Pursuing Excellence in Theological Education. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Life Together. For a summary of what the book is about, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Together

Shaw, Perry. 2006. The Hidden and Null Curricula in The Theological Educator, 1. no.2: 3-7. Click here to access the article.

Understanding the Changing World
Lee Wanak’s article in Journal in Asian Missions Vol 2:1 entitled “Theological Education and the Role of Teachers in the 21st Century: A Look at the Asian Pacific Region.” Click here to access the article.

Understanding your learner
Blair, Christine E. 1997. Understanding Adult Learners: Challenges for Theological Education. Theological Education 34, no. 1: 11-24.

Flannery, Daniele D. 1993. Global and analytical ways of processing information. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education 59:15-24.

Articles from Common Ground Journal Vol 3:1 (Theological Education as Mission -- see especially Marlene Enns’s article).

Use of Educational Technology Related Literature
Ascough, Richard S. 2002. Designing for online distance education: Putting pedagogy before technology. Teaching Theology and Religion 5, no. 1: 17-29.

Chong, Calvin. 2007. The Rise of the Net-Generation: An emerging challenge to seminary classrooms in Asia. Paper read at the 7th International Conference of The Korea Society for Christian Education & Information Technology at the Prebyterian Theological Seminary, Cavite, Philippines, 7th February 2007.

Delamarter, Steve. 2005. A new tool or a new way of doing theological education? Theological Education 41, no. 1: 105-116.

Hess, Mary. 2005. What difference does it make? Digital technology in the theological classroom. Theological Education 41, no. 1: 77-91.

Hook, William J. 2005. Implications of a digital age for theological education. Theological Education 41, no. 1: 57-62.

Jewell, John P. 2005. What does all this (technology) mean for the church? Theological Education 41, no. 1: 17-31.

McKinney, Larry J. 2003. Evangelical Theological Education: Implementing our own Agenda. Paper read at the ICETE International Consultation for Theological Educators, 20 August 2003, at High Wycombe, UK. Click here to access the article.

Oblinger, Diane and James Oblinger. 2005. Educating the Net Generation, Boulder, Colo.: Educause. Click here to access the article.

Prensky, Marc. 2001a. Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon 9, no. 5. Click here to access the article.

Roels, Shirley. 2004. Global discipleship and online learning: What does Blackboard have to do with Jerusalem? Christian Scholar's Review 33, no. 4: 451-470.

Viktora, Jan. 2005. Not just one more good idea: A reflection on the integration of digital technology in theological education. Theological Education 41, no. 1: 33-44.

Wanak, Lee C. 2000. Theological education and the role of teachers in the 21st century: A look at the Asia pacific region. Journal of Asian Mission 2, no. 1: 3-24. Click here to access the article.

How to conduct classroom discussions
1. UCSC's Getting More Out of Classroom Discussions.

2. Ten Techniques for Energizing Your Classroom Discussions


Teaching tips and Principles
1. Arthur Chickering’s “Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education”. The 7 principles are published and discussed in the sites below:

a. Chickering's article from the Washington Center News

b. University of Hawaii Faculty Teaching Tips site

c. Joseph Codde (Michigan State University) on the Seven Practices

d. Guidance from the Teaching, Learning and Technology Group on how we can use technology to promote the seven principles.

2. Using Questions to promote learning and thinking
http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/theory9.html

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/questionwriting/index.shtml

Types of questions

http://www.cte.uiuc.edu/Did/docs/QUESTION/quest1.htm

http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Learning030.htm

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/questype.htm

http://www.uwsp.edu/Education/lwilson/learning/quest2.htm

http://www.esd.qmul.ac.uk/qmpas/training_pack/TYPES_QUESTIONS.pdf

3. Assessment of student learning
Starcher, Rich. 2007. “Assessing for Quality.” ACTEA Forum #6.

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS)
Simple tips on how to assess student learning using Classroom Assessment Techniques.

URLs to give you some good ideas about what CATs are and how to use them.

http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/powerpoint/assessment.html

http://www.siue.edu/%7Ededer/assess/catmain.html

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/assess-2.htm

http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/Resources/AssessmentNeeds.asp#1

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/assessment/cats.htm

The Role of the Dean

The Dean is instrumental in bringing the faculty team together socially, professionally and institutionally.

Ways of bringing faculty team together SOCIALLY.

1. Social meeting at dean’s home.

2. Have meals before meetings.

3. Plan a fishing outing or a bowling evening.

4. Plan a yearly retreat (team building with emphasis on either fun or professional concerns)

5. Send birthday cards to your faculty. Try Apple iCards for a free and fast way of sending it.

6. Remember what they prefer: Coffee with sugar, white tea with no sugar, etc...

Ways of bringing faculty team together PROFESSIONALLY (see appendix below).

1. Read a book/article together about the goals of theological education, educational best practices, place of technology, wise use of online spaces, etc. to promote effective learning.

2. Have coffee sessions during which time professional issues can be discussed.

3. Invite a educationist to give a talk about specific teaching/learning issues.

4. Syllabus sharing and critique - a time where faculty are invited to share course syllabus with the intention of allowing faculty vet, critique, and provide positive suggestions.

Ways of bringing faculty team together INSTITUTIONALLY.

1. Involve faculty in major decision making processes.

2. Help faculty to see that institution is part of something bigger (e.g. how are we contributing to the development of our denomination, our alumni, our parachurch organization). Cp. Richard Mouw (President of Fuller) who once said…

There are 3 questions that every seminary needs to ask:
i) What is God doing in the world today?

ii) What is the church doing in response to what God is doing in the world today?

iii) What is the seminary doing to help the church align itself with what God is doing in the world today?

The 3rd ATA Dean's Seminar

The 3rd ATA Dean's Seminar was held at Bangkok from 21-25 May 2007.

Here's a picture of the group!