It’s the beginning of the new academic year across North America, and we know that many of you listeners have already launched in, and some are very soon going to. We started classes this week too—lots of newness around! And…we are hoping to try a few new things this semester on the podcast as well. One new thing: we are hoping to regularly start sprinkling in interviews with people we would love for you to get to know. This episode is our first “interview” show. We started with our good friend and colleague, Dr. Justin Bailey.
Justin teaches in the Theology department at Dordt University, and he is one of the most popular professors on this campus—students love him! He recently wrote a new book entitled Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture. While it isn’t a “teaching” book…it has plenty of wisdom for Christian educators, and lots of encouraging ideas for thinking about how to help children and young people make sense of the complexity of the culture we find ourselves living in.
We enjoyed visiting with Justin so much, it was a long conversation! So we decided to split it into two episodes. The first half of the conversation is here for you, and we’ll have the second half coming out next week. We hope you’ll find Justin’s wisdom on discerning issues of faith and culture both challenging and encouraging.
Interpreting Your World will be available soon, and we highly recommend it to you! You can order a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Interpreting-Your-World-Engaging-Theology/dp/1540965066/
Episode 110: Healing for “Infectious Behaviors” in the Classroom: A Conversation with Al Bandstra
Episode 109: The Science of Reading: A Conversation with Dr. Gwen Marra
Episode 108: Teaching for (and from?) Transformation: A Conversation with Darryl De Boer
Episode 107: Teacher Leadership (or, why Abby is an effective leader, even though she never wants to be a principal)
Episode 106: Attracting and Retaining Great Teachers: A Conversation with Chad Dirkse
Episode 105: Empowering Learners (Recorded with a Live Audience at Sioux Falls Christian School!)
Episode 104: Power in the Classroom (or, why Dave is a “whimsical” teacher)
Episode 103: The Good Old Days (or, why Abby is the in-between generation, even though she never owned a flip phone)
Bonus: Christmas in the Hallway, 2023
Episode 102: Assessment Imaginings (or, ”Are we teaching students? Or teaching students to take tests?”)
Episode 101: Stories of Thanksgiving and Encouragement
Episode 100: A LIVE Hallway Conversation! - Recorded in front of a live audience at the Christian Educators’ Association Conference
Episode 099: A Conversation with Lynn Swaner (or, “It really is a very nice hallway you have here.”)
Episode 098: Walking the Camino, part II (or, education as pilgrimage)
Episode 097: Walking the Camino, part I (or, pilgrimage is both an individual and communal exercise)
Episode 096: Our Favorite Podcasts (or, why Dave Mulder dominates at trivia)
Episode 095: Reflections and Beginnings and Ongoing Development (or, ”into the newness”)
Summer 2023 Replay: What’s the Value in Project-Based Learning?
Episode 094: More Encouragement for Novice Teachers (and the difference between ”good” and ”great?”)
Summer 2023 Replay: Good Teaching Can’t Be Reduced to Technique (Can It?)
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