January 18th, 2012
Two recent postings connecting to the theme of student evaluations of teaching/courses/teachers etc. As it’s APR time again, they’ll be on my agenda again.
Akma » What Good Are Student Evaluations?
A Perfect Storm in Undergraduate Education – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Some interesting points raised in each
December 25th, 2011
Blue skies, a beach, a pool, good food, and family and friends. So much to be thankful for.
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December 14th, 2011
Jason kicked off a discussion about the relationship between (academic) theology (and theologians) and the church over at
Why is theology so disconnected from the church? #dminlgp – Jason Clark which in turn led to this Theologians and the Church? : the church and postmodern culture.
An interesting conversation to follow, especially for me after thinking about some of this for the Flinders/ACD Theology Lecture earlier this year (See: Sacred Texts in a Secular World : Teaching sacred texts in a pluralistic, multi-faith, modern university campus).
December 2nd, 2011
A list of helpful articles and tips for those engaged in academic writing. Might be particularly useful for grad students starting out.
November 28th, 2011
Somehow I’d missed this. Would have been good for one of the kid’s movie projects.
See film music | mobygratis.com
November 16th, 2011
Definitely a problem we’ve run into, where a child of ours has been asked to do a school assignment based on their use of social networking, while at the same time all or most of the children in that class are too young to meet the age requirements for the service. On the one hand, the school tries to imbue students with some kind of value system that rejects lying and unethical behaviour (according to the norms they work with in the school’s ethos), while on the other hand assuming those values don’t apply here. Mixed messages all round.
Anyway, here’s how it panned out for one set of parents. See TidBITS Opinion: How COPPA Teaches Children to Lie.
November 15th, 2011
Peter Horsfield mentioned that podcasts from the recent symposium on Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture (Monash University) are now online. Sounded interesting when I had a chat with the organiser, Danielle Kirby, back in August.
See Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture Symposium, Arts, Monash University.
Sadly, I couldn’t get over there (it was also the weekend of the RWC). Will listen to the podcasts though.
