December 2014
Editorial As I write this editorial, the news broadcasts are dominated by stories of fear and calamity. While this is perhaps the way [...] Feature The Cultural Mandate: Is a Student’s Math Work as Sacred as Her Prayer? This article first appeared in the Christian Teachers Journal (Australia) and is reprinted here with permission. Try these questions on for [...] Feature The Spiritual Lessons of Emerging Adulthood The student’s words unsettled me. We had been discussing the topic of courage, the letting go of our fears so that we [...] Feature Some Assembly Required: A Teacher Wish List for the New Year In a few days, most of the wrapping paper will be recycled, the ornaments put back in the attic, and Aunt Mabel’s [...] Feature Teaching Young Offenders: A Spirituality of Practice Reflecting back on my own career in education, first as a secondary music teacher, then as principal of an elementary school, [...] Article Psalm 23 for the Elementary Teacher The Lord is my teacher; I won’t miss out on anything I need. He makes me take a nap after lunch; He [...] Article What Happened in Aslan’s Classroom? C.S. Lewis’s book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe allows Christians to taste the grace of God and love of Jesus. [...] Article English as a Stressful Language: A Challenge and an Opportunity in Writing Instruction “The foreigner living among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I [...] Review If you ask someone why they became a teacher, it is doubtful that anyone would answer with: “I just love disciplining children.” [...] Review Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life As is the case in any good story, Jerome Bruner’s book about stories includes a significant number of unexpected twists. This is [...] P@nel.edu Current Events in our Classrooms As educators, we interact on a daily basis with students who are influenced by what goes on around them in the world. [...]