TEACHING AND LEARNING AT THE HEART OF THE CHURCH

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TEACHING AND LEARNING AT THE HEART OF THE CHURCH

• Olivet Nazarene University
• August 22, 2002

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Overview

• a.m. Teaching in the Christian Liberal Arts
  College Mission, Contexts, Gifts, Tensions,
  Issues, Hopes
• p.m. Expanding the Community of Learners
  Diversity, Identity and Belonging

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Teaching in the Christian Liberal Arts College
Mission Responsibility and Privilege

• The Mission of the Teacher of __________
• The Mission of the Institution
• The Mission of the Church

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The Mission of Olivet Nazarene University
Education With a Christian Purpose

• We believe that education should have a higher
  purpose.
• Teaching, Learning and Research
• Exercising Academic Leadership
• Forging Leaders for Church and World

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Reading the Context(s)

• The Moment in Christian Higher Education
• Denominational Life
• The Church of the Nazarene
• Assuring Educational Quality
• Recognizing Differences of Culture and Geography

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Claiming Your Gifts

• This Schools History
• Nazarene Heritage and Identity
• Growth Mode
• Global Connectedness
• A Community of Trust

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Living Amid Tensions

• This School the Whole Church
• Curricular Specialization Common Purpose
• Professional Preparation Christian Living
• Engaging the World Asserting Distinctives
• Respecting Faith Commitment Cultivating Free
  Inquiry
• Limited Resources Unlimited Aspiration

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Are There Analogies in Catholic Higher Education?

• Founding Motives
• Gaining External Recognition
• Witnessing Transitions
• Re-defining Catholic Identity
• Ex Corde Ecclesiae

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Three Current Issues

• Teaching (about) Other Religions
• Engaging Contemporary Culture
• Building New Knowledge

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Vocation

• Your Deep Gladness and
• The Worlds Great Hunger

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Expanding the Community of Learners

• Diversity, Identity and Belonging

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Who Depends on O.N.U.

• To Do Its Work Well?
• To Accomplish Its Mission?

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Is This Community of LearnersAdequate For Our
Purpose?

• Old Charges
• Separatism, Escapism, Elitism

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Analogy

• What is the business of
• a college preparatory school?

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Talking About Diversity

• Religious Tradition
• Age
• Background
• Race/Ethnicity

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Does the Successful School

• Provide a Safe Place to Learn, to Grow?
• Create a Living Lab to Encounter Difference?

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Recognizing Students Needs (And Differences!)

• Identity
• Belonging

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Building a Culture of

• Openness
• Continuous Improvement
• Inclusiveness
• Service

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Building a Community of Virtues

• Hospitality
• Mutuality
• Forgiveness

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