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Nonresistance

This course investigates the historical and biblical foundations for the doctrine of nonresistance. The wider implications of nonresistance are looked at and each student is required to establish concretely his own position on the doctrine.

Cross-Cultural Understanding

The ever-increasing work of urban ministries, foreign missions, refugee work, and teaching in other communities requires us to understand, appreciate, and interact with people whose ways of thinking, feeling, and acting differ from ours. This course will focus on how…

Teaching Gifted Learners

Who are gifted students and how can we best engage them in learning? This seminar-style course will challenge students to engage with these questions through group discussion and making practical applications of key course concepts to both general and special…

American History

A survey of the American phenomenon—its origins, its development, and its present state. We will explore change and continuity in American society, culture, politics, economics, and religion.

Teaching Secondary History/Social Studies

Teaching Secondary History/Social Studies lays both a philosophical and practical foundation for teaching history and social studies to grades 7–10. Students will explore what defines an effective social studies class while developing and practicing diverse instructional strategies in a seminar…

Teaching Reading & Writing

This course introduces students to the theory, instructional methods, and assessment practices for teaching reading and writing in the elementary classroom. It addresses the reading components of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Emphasis will be given to reading…

Teaching Diverse Learners

This course is designed to equip teachers with practical strategies for meeting students’ academic and behavioral needs in the classroom. It will explore methods for building attention, memory, thinking skills, self-regulation, and self-discipline. Emphasis will be given to classroom management…

Course Development Practicum

This course follows Principles of Teaching with a practical emphasis on conventional course development by active teachers. Each student will prepare a course that he or she will be teaching in the upcoming school year and teach portions of that…