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Trinity Lutheran Church.  They are teaching my students and me about our neighborhood and showing us how to study ethics while working alongside our neighbors — pulling weeds, digging holes, washing dishes.The class is still fundamentally about critical thinking: we struggle with hard questions of Christian morality and the diversity of possible answers.  But now when we discuss the complexity of Christian economic ethics, we relate it to the socioeconomic realities around us.  When we discuss the

in considering graduate school or seminary, and in thinking about how your major prepares you for whatever career you choose. Where Will a Religion Major Lead You? The study of religion prepares you for fields requiring critical, contextual and creative thinking, ethical decision-making and working with people. It allows you to learn and practice the interpretive approaches of several disciplines during your university career. As the diversity and pluralism of our world become more intensely part

strategies for integrating young adult reading materials and written work and reading and writing instruction in all secondary content areas. (2) EDUC 544 : Sociocultural Foundations of Education Examines the purposes of K-12 schools, the root causes of the achievement gap, and the ways accomplished teachers adapt to the changing sociocultural context of schooling. (2) EDUC 556 : Critical Issues in Secondary Teaching Introduces what successful secondary teachers know and are able to do in the areas of

Writing Seminar (4): Students will learn strategies for writing, thinking, speaking and reading. They encounter writing as a way of thinking, of learning, and of discovering and ordering ideas. Working with interdisciplinary themes, students practice the various academic conventions of writing. After completing FYEP 101: Students will employ rhetorical strategies effective for a specific context, purpose, and audience. Students will articulate, develop, and support an argument, point of view, or

and hands-on practitioners in thinking seriously about contemporary issues. In planning for each symposium the challenge is to include appropriate breadth and depth in order to stimulate the interests of a diverse audience and facilitate maximum participation in the symposium. Past Symposia focused on “Pathways to Peace: Norway’s Approach to Democracy and Development” (January 2005), “Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations” (February 2008) and “Understanding the World through

: Learner-Centered Literacy Instruction Focuses on learner-centered literacy instruction, fostering student agency, and literacy identities. Special attention is placed on instructional strategies and methods that cultivate deep comprehension, intrinsic motivation, perspective taking, and critical thinking. (2) EDUC 446 : Mathematics in the Secondary School Methods and materials in teaching secondary mathematics. Introduction to Common Core State Standards in Mathematics, effective and equitable

Course Descriptions PHIL 121 : The Examined Life - VW Introduces philosophy by considering perennial topics and issues, such as what makes an action right or wrong and whether belief in God is reasonable. Includes a focus on developing skills in critical and systematic thinking. (4) PHIL 125 : Ethics and the Good Life - VW Major moral theories of Western civilization, including contemporary moral theories. Critical application to selected moral issues. (4) PHIL 128 : Politics and the Good