Luther Seminary : 2001 Seminar
Project Report
Excerpt:
"As the initial planning team for the Lexington seminar, which included Mary Hess, Dick Nysse, and Richard Wallace, were energized by the conversations among themselves about teaching and learning that they initially regarded as an ancillary benefit to the planning process, the creating spaces and opportunities for conversations about teaching and learning as emerged as the primary issue. The planners wondered if their experience was representative then perhaps others would be energized by the conversation. The narrative that the team collaborated on with other Lexington seminar attendees was an attempt to suggest that due to Luther’s institutional engagement in deliberations that resulted in the fairly extensive document (Serving The Promise of Our Mission, SPOM) that commits the institution to some profound changes that the institution is already involved in, public conversations about teaching and learning weren’t being attended. In fact, in the midst of the reality of rapid change generated by SPOM that produced a high degree of institutional anxiety the conclusion that the Lexington attendees came to in Maine, was that creating spaces and opportunities for conversations about teaching and learning would appeal to the faculty’s commitment to the success of students." ...
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"As the initial planning team for the Lexington seminar, which included Mary Hess, Dick Nysse, and Richard Wallace, were energized by the conversations among themselves about teaching and learning that they initially regarded as an ancillary benefit to the planning process, the creating spaces and opportunities for conversations about teaching and learning as emerged as the primary issue. The planners wondered if their experience was representative then perhaps others would be energized by the conversation. The narrative that the team collaborated on with other Lexington seminar attendees was an attempt to suggest that due to Luther’s institutional engagement in deliberations that resulted in the fairly extensive document (Serving The Promise of Our Mission, SPOM) that commits the institution to some profound changes that the institution is already involved in, public conversations about teaching and learning weren’t being attended. In fact, in the midst of the reality of rapid change generated by SPOM that produced a high degree of institutional anxiety the conclusion that the Lexington attendees came to in Maine, was that creating spaces and opportunities for conversations about teaching and learning would appeal to the faculty’s commitment to the success of students." ...
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