Agenda for Kuyers Conference, "Teaching, Learning, and Christian Practices"

Kuyers Conference 2009 - AGENDA

Tentative Conference Agenda for
"Teaching, Learning, and Christian Practices"

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Teaching, Learning, and Christian Practices
Hosted and sponsored by the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning

SCHEDULE
Prince Conference Center at Calvin College
October 29-31, 2009

Thursday, October 29
3:45 pm                       Registration Begins (Conference Center Lobby)
                                                Baker Book House Reception (Willow West)
5:30 pm– 7:00 pm       Dinner (Great Hall West)

7:30 pm– 9:00 pm Plenary Talk (Great Hall East)
“From Curiosity to Studiousness: Catechizing the Appetite for Knowledge”
Paul J. Griffiths (Duke Divinity School)
Introduction by James K.A. Smith (Calvin College)

9:00 pm– 10:00 pm Reception (Fireside Room)

Friday, October 30
8:00 am Coffee, Tea, and Breakfast Snacks (outside the Willow Room)

8:30 am – 10:30 am 1st Breakout

Session 1A(Willow Room East)

“Christian Practices as Counter Discourse: Foucault, Barth, and the Discourse of Higher Education,” Jason Lief (Dordt College)
“Motivation and Excellence in Christian Practice: Towards Expanding Craig Dykstra’s Application of Alasdair MacIntyre’s Concept of Practice to Christian Education,” Tibor Szedlak
(Union – PSCE)
“Spiritual Practices that Sustain the Virtues of Excellent Teaching,” Kevin Gary & Robert Reyes (Goshen College)

Session 1B(Willow Room West)

“The Practice of Christian Discernment in the Hospitable Classroom,” Scott Huelin (Union University)
“Community Connections: Incorporating Hospitality, Fellowship and Testimony into a College Classroom,” Carolyne Call (St. Mary’s College)
“Welcoming, Restoring, Dwelling and Sending: A Four-Fold Practice of Hospitality for the Classroom and Beyond,” Marion Larson & Sara Shady (Bethel University, MN)

Session 1C(Hickory Room)

“Pray without Ceasing: Prayer as Posture and Pedagogical Act,” Syd Hielema (Redeemer University; Dordt College)
“Can I Get A Witness? The Writing Portfolio as a Religious Narrative: Confession, Conversion, and Discipleship for (Almost) Every Classroom,” Joel Boehner, Timothy Erdel, & Robby Prenkert (Bethel College, IN)
“Integration of Neuroplasticity and the Spiritual Disciplines and Implications for the Practice of Teaching,” Laura Barwegen (Wheaton College)

10:30 am Break (Fireside Room)

11:00 am Plenary Talk (Great Hall East)
“Teaching the Vices”
Rebecca De Young (Calvin College)

12:30 pm Lunch (Great Hall West)

2:00 pm – 3:20 pm 2nd Breakout

Session 2A(Willow Room East)

“Thrill Rides and Labyrinths: The Pedagogical Logic of Freedom and Constraint,” Matt Walhout (Calvin College)
“A Journey Begun," Ashley Woodiwiss (Erskine College)

Session 2B(Willow Room West)

“Predicaments and Pedagogy: Liturgical and Adaptable Practices for a Wesleyan/Holiness Tradition,” Luke Goble (Warner Pacific College)
“Retrieving the Significance of Practice: Overcoming Ourselves,” Terry Baker (Warner Pacific College)

Session 2C(Hickory Room)

“‘Being School’ in the 21st Century,” Doug Blomberg (Calvin College)
“Leadership Theories and the Development of Christian Practices,” Albert Boerema (Calvin College)

3:20 pm Break (Fireside Room)

3:50 pm – 5:30 pm 3rd Breakout

Session 3A(Willow Room East)

“A University for the Poor: Poverty, Charity and Vision in Hauerwas’ University,” Steve Harris (Redeemer University College)

Session 3B(Willow Room West)

“Christian Practice to Pedagogy: Breaking Bread in an Introductory Nutrition Course,” Julie Walton & Matthew Walters (Calvin College)
“Growing Food, Growing Disciples: Community Gardening as Christian Formation,” Debra Murphy (WV Wesleyan College)

Session 3C(Hickory Room)

“Pedagogies of Love in a Mennonite Brethren University,” Karen Crozier & Angulus Wilson (Fresno Pacific University)
“What Does It Mean to Love a Student?” Matt Bonzo (Cornerstone University)

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Dinner (Great Hall)

[Evening shuttle downtown. Maps with places of local interest provided. Shuttles will leave from the Prince Conference Center at 7:00 and 7:30 pm. Meet in the lobby of the Prince. Shuttles will leave downtown and return to the Prince at 9:15 and 9:45 pm.]

Saturday, October 31
8:00 am Coffee, Tea, and Breakfast Snacks (Fireside Room)

8:30 am – 10:30 am 4th Breakout

Session 4A(Willow Room East)

“Slow Reading: Reading along Lectio Lines,” Jo-Ann Badley (Mars Hill Graduate School), Ken Badley (George Fox University)
“The Psalms, Lectio Divina, and Teacher Education,” Andrew R. Brulle (Wheaton College)
“Reading and Writing as an ‘Attention’ Leading to Prayer: A Few Thoughts on Simone Weil’s ‘Right Use of School Studies’ and English 101,” Daniel Train (Baylor University)

Session 4B(Willow Room West)

“Intentional Christian Community,” Gregory Clark (North Park University)
“Seeds of Mercy and Seeds of Justice: Building the Universe with Focused Readings and Songs,” Jeffrey P. Bouman (Calvin College)
“Confession, Computers, and Community,” Joseph McDonald (Bethel University, TN)

Session 4C(Hickory Room)

“Keeping Time in the Social Sciences: A Pedagogical Experiment with Fixed Hour Prayer and the Liturgical Calendar,” James K. A. Smith (Calvin College)
“Jesus Christ the Apple Tree: Preparing for Good Friday in a Literature and Environment Course,” Deborah Bowen (Redeemer University College)
“Resisting Boredom: Stability, Examen of Consciousness and the Noonday Demon,” R J Snell (Eastern University)

10:30 am Break (Fireside Room)

11:00 am –11:45 am 5th Breakout

Session 5A(Willow Room East)

“Christian Practices and Technical Courses: Finding Integral Connections,” Kurt Schaefer (Calvin College)

Session 5B(Willow Room West)

“The ‘Received Course’: Following Practices in the Core Curriculum,” Glenn Sanders (Oklahoma Baptist University)

Session 5C(Hickory Room)

“Soul Projects: Class-Related Spiritual Practices in Higher Education,” James Wilhoit, Daniel Haase, Don Ratcliff, Linda Rozema, & David Setran (Wheaton College)

11:45 am Closing Session (Great Hall East)
“Recruiting Students’ Imaginations: Closing Reflections on the Pitfalls of Practices”
David Smith (Calvin College)

12:30 pm Lunch (Great Hall East)

If you have any questions or difficulties, please contact us at:

Seminars @ Calvin
Calvin College
1855 Knollcrest Circle SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546-4402
616.526.8558
fax 616.526.6682
seminars@calvin.edu

Tentative Conference Agenda for "Teaching, Learning, and Christian Practices"

Tentative Conference Agenda for
"Teaching, Learning, and Christian Practices"