catapult magazine

Items tagged learning

• <b>*cino</b>: the mission and vision

  If you've been wondering what *culture is not optional is all about, check out our latest attempt to explain ourselves. Hint: it's got something to do with our motto?

• Higher education

  Discipleship involves more than just the gathering of knowledge.

• A waste of time?

  I thought liberal arts classes would be boring, until I started finding God in every one of them.

• A beautiful mind

  J.P. Moreland?s Love God with All Your Mind explores the necessity of developing as Christian intellectuals.

• Rediscovering fascination

  The distance from formal education combined with the busyness of daily life requires a transformation of study habits.

• Top Ten re: learning tools

  An unschooling mom makes a list from experience.

• Top Ten re: skills

  How often do we wish we could??

• Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be clueless

  On passing down skills in community.

• Resurrection happens

  This summer's Practicing Resurrection conference will highlight the reality of the Kingdom in all of life.

• Comic lessons

  On what happened when a first-time instructor chooses a graphic novel for subject matter.

• Learning new ways

  A review of Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

• Dumbing down discernment?

  Two philosophy colleagues debate the value of high and low culture for the Christian student.

• Ten things for teaching

  A moment of reflection before heading into a whirlwind of a term.

• An open letter to literature

  Chronicling an English major's complicated relationship with books.

• Why I buy books

  On putting our money where our best stories are.

• Things I carry with me

  A collection of thoughts gathered during time spent in Africa.

• Ten things to do during bad weather

  Ways to amuse children indoors, but out of the house.

• Know and be known

  How living in intentional community can lead to self-awareness.

• Ten things I want more of in 2011

  A collection of joyful resolutions for the coming year.

• The lie of keeping it real

  A review of the book Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture by Thomas Chatterton Williams.

• The Saxifrage School

  A vision for redesigning college as education for whole people.

• The Reader’s Digest version: B.S. Education

  A teacher shares what she’s learned from forty years of various teaching experiences.

• The Fourposter

  Weaving the story of four decades of gratitude and glory.

• Connecting the dots

  Tracing a life full of learning experiences.

• Organic chemistry

  A second-career student reflects on making connections in class.

• A dangerous adventure

  A review of the book The Ignorant Schoolmaster by Jacques Rancière.

• Women who teach

  Remembering the many women who taught me well.

• Ten things I used to believe

  A challenging year shifts beliefs in some important ways.

• Ten food-ish experiences of late

  A move to a new community is marked by shared meals and beverages.

• A gentle nudge

  Three books that have shaped a life.