Faith and Learning: A Practical Guide for Faculty - Softcover

Patrick Allen; Kenneth Badley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089112411X ISBN 13: 9780891124115

Publisher: Leafwood Publishers & Acu Press, 2014

Synopsis

Christian colleges expect faculty to clearly articulate an understanding of the impacts that Christian faith has on their teaching, research, and service. Many faculty find this dimension of their work-often labeled the integration of faith and learning-confusing and difficult to realize in practice, to assess, and to describe. This volume begins by clarifying two things. It summarizes the faith/learning discussion and offers a working conception of faith/integration specifically for Christian college faculty. It then outlines what deans, provosts, and tenure-promotion committees typically expect faculty in Christian colleges to know and do. Allen and Badley introduce the highly regarded framework of Ernest Boyer and the Carnegie Foundation (Scholarship Reconsidered, 1990). They then present both a framework for assessing faith/learning integration in the three dimensions of teaching, research, and service and step-by-step instructions for reporting and describing the individual faculty member's approach and success. The book closes by calling both the Christian college and the individual professor to the vocation of teaching, shaping, and sending.

About this title

About the Author

Patrick Allen, Professor of Higher Education and Leadership at George Fox University, joined the institution in July 2008 and served as Provost until July 2013.  He holds an appointment in the Doctor of Education (EdD) program in the School of Education, teaching courses in higher education management, leadership, organization theory, faith and learning, and history and philosophy of higher education.
 
He came to George Fox from Southern Nazarene University (Ok) where he served as Provost. Dr. Allen had previously served as Provost at Point Loma Nazarene University (CA), Vice President for Academic Affairs at Anderson University (IN), and Dean of the School of Business and Lloyd Pickrell Distinguished Professor of Management at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. He also served earlier in his career as a Vice President of the Commerce Bank of Blue Hills in Kansas City, Missouri.
 
Dr. Allen earned the Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Olivet Nazarene University, a Master of Arts degree in liberal arts from Southern Methodist University, the Master of Science in management from Southern Nazarene University, and a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Oklahoma, where he specialized in the history and philosophy of higher education, organization theory, and management history.
 
Known for his humor, quick wit, and storytelling, he speaks in churches, chapels, retreats, and banquet occasions.  In his professional speaking and writing, he often addresses how faith and community can be developed and sustained, and how the traditional values of higher education can be nurtured in a Christian setting.  He has traveled extensively, at times leading student trips - having taken over 25 student groups to Europe alone.  He plays guitar and was at one time a member of a local bluegrass band in San Diego - the Loma Bottom Boys.

Patrick and his wife, Lori, reside in Newberg, Oregon, and fellowship among the Quakers.

From the Back Cover

"Every now and then, a book comes along that has the potential to
revolutionize a conversation. In the world of Christian higher education,
this is that book. By drawing on the wisdom of one of the greatest of all
American educators, Ernest L. Boyer, this book reframes the notion of
faith/learning integration."
--RICHARD T. HUGHES, author of The Vocation of a Christian Scholar

"Allen and Badley help younger colleagues navigate through the ambiguities
and folklore that can cause them anxiety in their early careers, all the while
affirming the inspiring possibilities of Christian higher education."
--MARK SARGENT, provost, Westmont College

"Allen and Badley are proven thought leaders in higher education who o er a much-needed and
unique perspective on the role and function of the faculty member at a Christian college. Their ability to connect 'message with method' will serve and advance the mission of Christian colleges in significant ways. In an era of accountability and questions about the value of higher
education, this book provides a framework for faculty to understand better and to fulfill their role not only to prepare students to make a living but to make a life."
--DAN MARTIN, president, Seattle Pacific University

Edition details

• Publisher: Leafwood Publishers & Acu Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 089112411X
• ISBN 13: 9780891124115
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260