Scholarship on Teaching

How do I teach?

• Course Design
• Syllabus Construction
• Lectures and Large Classes
• Teaching Religion
• Online Learning
• Using Technology
• Assessing Students
• Critical Pedagogies
• Teaching Writing
• Teaching Critical Thinking
• Classroom Management
• Learning Designs
• General Overviews

Why do I teach?

• Philosophy of Teaching
• Student Learning Goals
• Vocation of Teaching
• Teaching Diversity and Justice
• Ministerial Formation
• Mentoring Students
• Identity, Society, and Church
• Civic Engagement

Who are my students?

• Adult Learners
• 18-22 Year Olds
• Mentoring Students
• Multiple Intelligences & Learning Styles
• Cognitive Development
• Faith in the Classroom
• Identity, Society, and Church
• Teaching Diverse Students

Where do I teach?

• Theological Education
• Liberal Arts
• Curriculum Design and Assessment
• Diversifying the Curriculum
• Diversifying the Faculty
• Changes in Higher Education
• Academic Histories and Contexts
• Faith in the Classroom
• Religion and Academia
• Identity, Society, and Church

Active Learning Strategies

• Constructivist & Active Learning Theory
• Discussion
• Collaborative Learning
• Problem-Based Learning
• Service Learning
• Case Study Method
• Student Portfolios
• Role-Playing
• Teaching for Transformation
• Alternative Classrooms
• Civic Engagement

Engaging Diversity

• Diversifying the Faculty
• Diversifying the Curriculum
• Teaching Diversity and Justice
• Teaching Diverse Students
• Religious Diversity
• Identity, Society, and Church
• Civic Engagement

Preparing Ministers

• Theological Education
• Ministerial Formation
• Religious Education
• Identity, Society, and Church

Colleagues and Career

• Vocation of Teaching
• Assessing Teaching
• Writing the Scholarship of Teaching
• Balancing Teaching and Research
• Faculty Well-Being
• Leadership and Faculty Development
• Mentoring Faculty
• Doctoral Students and New Teachers
• Adjuncts
• Librarians as Teachers
• Academic Histories and Contexts

Latest Blog Posts

• Asperger’s, Art, and Teaching - I hinted in my previous post that maybe I should do an illustrated version of my in-process book, Zen and the Artful Buddhist: Asperger’s, Art, and Academia. I have illustrated […]
• Cultivating Your Sound in a Time of Despair - The following is adapted from a talk given by Dr. Jennings during the 2024 Wabash Center’s BIPOC Faculty Luncheon at  the annual conference of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) […]