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Interview with Kiera Phyo and Lorraine Prince

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 26:42


Kiera Phyo (Reconciling Leaders Network Director to the Archbishop of Canterbury) and Lorraine Prince (Head of Networks, National Society for Education, Church of England) discuss the Difference program (https://difference.rln.global/).

Interview with Christopher Richmann

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 28:20


In our 50th episode, Christopher Richmann (Baylor University) discusses his new book, Authority, Passion, and Subject-Centered Teaching A Christian Pedagogical Philosophy.

Interview with Alan Bandstra

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 27:12


Alan Bandstra discusses his new book, Solutions That Heal: Responding to Infectious Behavior in Learning Spaces (2025). Find it at https://books2read.com/solutions-that-heal.

Interview with Jonathan Eckert

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 31:19


Jonathan Eckert, co-executive director of the Baylor Center for School Leadership, discusses his book Just Teaching: Feedback, Engagement, and Well-Being for Each Student (Corwin, 2023).

Interview with Rachel B. Griffis

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 29:51


Rachel B. Griffis discusses the book she recently co-authored, Deep Reading: Practices to Subvert the Vices of Our Distracted, Hostile, and Consumeristic Age (with Julie Ooms and Rachel M. De Smith Roberts, Baker Academic, 2024).

Interview with Rachel Herweynen

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 28:50


Rachel Herweynen discusses Gäwa Christian School, located on Elcho Island, in Warramiri land, in the Northern Territory of Australia: "As well as training students in God's law and teaching the Northern Territory school curriculum, we seek to preserve Warramiri knowledge and the gifts of the wider Yolŋu culture."

Interview with John Seymour

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 31:35


John Seymour discusses designing a distinctively Christian school environment that is also hospitable to a student population with diverse religious backgrounds.

Interview with Lynn E. Swaner

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 27:54


Lynn E. Swaner discusses her recent book, co-written with Andy Wolfe, Flourishing Together: A Christian Vision for Students, Educators, and Schools (Eerdmans, 2021).

Interview with Tim Van Soelen

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 28:37


Tim Van Soelen, director of the Center for the Advancement of Christian Education (cace.org) discusses teaching for transformation and the Practicing Faith Survey (practicing.faith).

Interview with Perry Glanzer

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 27:34


Perry Glanzer and David I. Smith discuss what excellence means for Christian schools.

Interview with John Sullivan

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 27:08


John Sullivan, emeritus professor of Christian education at Liverpool Hope University, discusses his book Lights for the Path (Veritas, 2022, www.veritas.ie).

Interview with Asle Ystebø

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 29:03


Asle Ystebø, director of the Egill Danielsen Foundation in Bergen, Norway, discusses his research on practices that communicate caring in the context of Christian schools in Norway.

Interview with Caitlin Munday

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 29:28


Caitlin Munday, research fellow at the Scots College and founding director of the Teaching Schools Alliance (https://www.teachingschoolsalliancesydney.org/), discusses teacher training in Australia and challenges faced by the teaching profession.

Interview with Jennifer Holberg

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 31:53


Jennifer Holberg, Professor of English at Calvin University, discusses her new book, Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith (IVP Academic, 2023).

Interview with Kevin den Dulk

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 26:30


Kevin den Dulk, associate provost for the Global Campus at Calvin University, discusses his work on democratic citizenship, political polarization, and the Civic Hospitality Project (civichospitality.com)

Interview with Diane Hockridge

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 23:07


Diane Hockridge, Educational Designer at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia, discusses her research on designing online learning.

Interview with Matthew Kaemingk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 27:00


Matthew Kaemingk, chair of Richard John Mouw Chair of Faith and Public Life at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (Eerdmans, 2018), discusses his work on the Civic Hospitality Project (civichospitality.com).

Interview with Micah Watson

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 21:18


David I. Smith discusses the Civic Hospitality Project (civichospitality.com) with Micah Watson, executive director for the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin University.

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Interview with Quentin Schultze

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 28:03


Communications scholar Quentin Schultze discusses servant teaching as effective communication. His new book is Servant Teaching: Practices for Renewing Christian Higher Education (Edenridge Press LLC, 2022).

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Interview with John E. Hull

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 21:13


John E. Hull, professor emeritus from King's University, discusses his new book Education for Hope: A Course Correction.

Interview with Kevin Gary

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 25:44


Kevin Gary, professor of education at Valparaiso University and author of Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life (Cambridge University Press, 2022), discusses a mindset of leisure as an alternative to either boredom avoidance or resignation to boredom

Interview with Patrick Manning

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 28:52


A discussion of contemplative practices in education with Patrick Manning, chair of the department of pastoral theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary.

Interview with Timothy L. Price

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 20:53


Timothy L. Price discusses his new edition of the 17th-century text, The Labyrinth of the World and The Paradise of the Heart, by John Amos Comenius.

Interview with Kyle R. Hughes

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 20:53


Kyle R. Hughes discusses his book, Teaching for Spiritual Formation: A Patristic Approach to Christian Education in a Convulsed Age.

Team Science and Christian Practices project

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 24:12


Amy Wilstermann, Rachael Baker, and Julie Yonker discuss their Team Science and Christian Practices project, a study of how Christian practices such as humility and delight can contribute to work as part of a team of science researchers.

Digital Life Together author forum, part 2 of 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 31:57


At the height of the pandemic, the authors of Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools held a virtual forum to discuss common questions posed by students, educators, and parents about the pitfalls and strengths of technology use in school. This is Part 1 of two parts.

Digital Life Together author forum, part 1 of 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 25:05


At the height of the pandemic, the authors of Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools held a virtual forum to discuss common questions posed by students, educators, and parents about the pitfalls and strengths of technology use in school. This is Part 1 of two parts.

Interview with Sidsel Høland Olausson, Association of Independent Christian Schools in Norway

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 15:07


Sidsel Høland Olausson discusses the state of Christian schooling in Norway.

Interview with Sara Leo, Department of Education, Calvin University

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 28:00


Sara Leo discusses discovering the hidden curriculum found in the way we curate public spaces in schools.

Interview with Derek Schuurman, co-author of A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 25:46


Derek Schuurman (Calvin University) discusses the role of faith in engineering, the ways technology impacts society, and his new book, A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers (IVP Academic, https://www.ivpress.com/a-christian-field-guide-to-technology-for-engineers-and-designers).

Cultivating Inquiry part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 39:21


This episode is part two of two segments of a podcast co-published with Cultivating [ spaces ] (Lexington Christian Academy, https://lca.edu/cultivating/). Jean Noh (Lexington Christian Academy), Dorothy Vaandering (Memorial University of Newfoundland), and David I. Smith (Calvin University) discuss their own paths to Christian education, the changing circumstances and practices of education, and what it means to "do well in school."

Cultivating Inquiry part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 34:30


This episode is part one of two segments of a podcast co-published with Cultivating [ spaces ] (Lexington Christian Academy, https://lca.edu/cultivating/). Jean Noh (Lexington Christian Academy), Dorothy Vaandering (Memorial University of Newfoundland), and David I. Smith (Calvin University) discuss their own paths to Christian education, the changing circumstances and practices of education, and what it means to "do well in school." Part two will be available in late September.

Interview with Signe Sandsmark, author and researcher on Christian education in Norway

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 21:23


Signe Sandsmark (Worldview-Neutral Education: Is it Possible or Desirable?) and David I. Smith discuss the concept of worldview neutral education and he recent research on why parents choose Christian schools for their children in the Norwegian context.

Interview with Sarinah Lo, director of graduate program in Christian education at Bandung Theological Seminary, Indonesia

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 23:48


Dr. Sarinah Lo discusses the state of Christian education in Indonesia, and the research behind her book Faith-Integrated Being, Knowing, and Doing: A Study among Christian Faculty in Indonesia (Langham, 2020).

Interview with Luke Bretherton, Duke Divinity School

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 32:25


Luke Bretherton (Professor of Theological Ethics and Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke Divinity School) discusses the meaning of conversion, the centrality of listening, and the relationship between faith and secularism.

Interview with Robert J. Keeley, co-editor of Bridging Theory and Practice in Children's Spirituality

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 25:39


Robert J. Keeley discusses the Children's Spirituality Summit (May 24-26, 2021, find more information and register at https://www.childrensspiritualitysummit.org/), and the new book Bridging Theory and Practice in Children's Spirituality: New Directions for Education, Ministry, and Discipleship (Zondervan, April 2021).

Interview with Tatiana Garkun on Christian school development in Kyiv, Ukraine

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 18:44


David Smith discusses the development of new Christian schools in Kyiv, Ukraine with Tatiana Garkun at a seminar for science and Bible teachers.

Interview with Elena Sychova, English language teacher in Kyiv, Ukraine

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 20:15


Elena Sychova discusses her work in establishing Christian schools in Ukraine and India.

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Interview with Kevin Gary, Valparaiso University, Department of Education

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 28:01


David Smith and Kevin Gary (Valparaiso University) discuss the roles of teachers and students in Christian teaching and learning and his upcoming book, Why Boredom Matters: Education and the Quest for a Meaningful Life (Cambridge University Press).

Interview with Kara Sevensma on Digital Life Together

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 25:39


David Smith and Kara Sevensma, two of the co-authors of Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools, discuss the role of technology in creating community at Christian schools.

Interview with John Witvliet, director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin University

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 20:43


David I. Smith and John Witvliet discuss a faculty development workshop in which they explored what John Calvin's commentary on Psalm 19 contributes to modern pedagogy.

Interview with Darren Spyksma, Director of Learning at the Society of Christian Schools in British Columbia

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 23:00


Darren Spyksma discusses a 10-month program in which teachers consider the impact of pedagogy ("any decision a teacher makes that's going to impact learning") on faith formation.

Interview with Faith Nguru, Daystar University, Kenya

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 24:22


Faith Nguru discusses her work at Daystar University and the development of Christian universities in Kenya.

Interview with Paul Burgis (Principal, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, Australia)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 23:14


Paul Burgis discusses how Presbyterian Ladies' College builds Christian character and ways of thinking and engaging with a pluralist society.

Interview with Marilyn Rhames, founder of Teachers who Pray

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 27:24


Marilyn Rhames talks with David Smith about her nonprofit, Teachers Who Pray (https://www.teacherswhopray.org/), her new book The Master Teacher: 12 Spiritual Lessons That Can Transform Schools and Revolutionize Public Education (https://marilynrhames.com/), and about her work in public school systems.

Interview with Chris Parker of Christian Education National

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 23:06


David Smith discusses the changing culture of Christian education in Australia with Chris Parker of Christian Education National and author of The Frog and the Fish: Reflections on Work, Technology, Sex, Stuff, Truth, and Happiness. The book helps young adults understand and question how much they have been shaped by their culture.

Interview with Albert Cheng on assessing faith formation

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 24:29


David I. Smith talks with Albert Cheng (University of Arkansas) on whether and how schools can assess faith formation in their students.

Interview with Steve McMullen (Hope College, co-author of Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools)

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 34:45


Steve McMullen discusses his research on the effects of the amount and type of "screen time" among high school students who use school-issued laptops.

Interview with Natasha Moore, Centre for Public Christianity

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 21:58


(Note: Recorded in 2019) David I. Smith talks with Natasha Moore of the Centre for Public Christianity (https://www.publicchristianity.org/) about engaging with perceptions and misperceptions of Christians and Christianity.

Interview with Trevor Cooling on the What if Learning approach to teaching

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 22:23


Interview with Trevor Cooling, Canterbury Christ Church University, National Institute for Christian Education Research

Interview with Marj Terpstra on technology & Christian education

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 25:43


David I. Smith interviews Marj Terpstra, Professor of Education at Calvin University, about the new book Digital Life Together (Eerdmans).

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