The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching
Dialogue on Teaching, hosted by Nancy Lynne Westfield, PhD, is the podcast of The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. Amplifying the Wabash Center’s mission, the podcast focuses upon issues of teaching and learning in theology and religion within colleges, universities and seminaries. The podcast series features dialogues with faculty teaching in a wide range of institutional contexts. The conversations will illumine the teaching life.
Host: Nancy Lynne Westfield, PhD
Producer: Rachel Mills
Sound Engineer: Paul O. Myhre, PhD & Paul Utterback
Podcast music by Dr. Paul O. Myhre, PhD
The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching
Challenges of Teaching Bible: Eric C. Smith
Eric C. Smith is Associate Professor of Early Christian Texts and Traditions and Co-Director of the Doctor of Ministry in Prophetic Leadership Program at Iliff School of Theology.
What does it mean to create and sustain learner centered approaches for courses in Bible? When Bible courses are not neutral nor benign, but acknowledge a political dynamism in the conversation, what is the role of the teacher? What does it take to develop relevant courses for Bible in this day and time?