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22 Dec 09

End of the Fall Quarter

Well, I survived another challenging quarter. This was my first one as a Teaching Assistant at UCLA and it took some getting used to balancing teaching responsibilities, my own research, and family life. Teaching took the bulk of my time this quarter. Though I know this is a life long struggle for academics, I will [...]

0 Comments Posted in Rome, academic life, social identity, teaching, ucla by Patrick George McCullough
9 Dec 09

You Have 50 Minutes to Teach about Hebrew Civilization and the Origins of Judaism. Go.

Coming this January, at a UCLA campus near you (or not so near, as the case may be), I will be presenting a lecture on Hebrew Civilization and Second Temple Judaism within the context of the course “Introduction to Western Civilization: Ancient Civilizations, Prehistory to Circa A.D. 843.” I will be TAing for two sections [...]

5 Comments Posted in Western Civilization, hebrew bible, history of Israel, judaism, lectures, pedagogy, teaching by Patrick George McCullough
22 Sep 09

Teaching Assistant Orientation: The End of Anxiety?

Today was TA orientation for the History Department. It was definitely worth the while. Of course, we learned about our resources and who we should contact about whatever issue . . .
“And don’t forget to fill out those purple forms so that you can see your roster on MyUCLA. Talk to Hubert about any computer [...]

0 Comments Posted in pedagogy, teaching, ucla by Patrick George McCullough
11 Dec 08

Student Excuses in the Digital Age

This is an interesting phenomenon. It’s the night before the final exam. As it nears midnight, I receive two emails frantically distributed to the entire lecture course for “History of Early Christians”–the class for which I am a reader (that is, a grader). That’s an email plea to about 120 people.
The first student says that [...]

3 Comments Posted in computers, digital age, education, exams, excuses, laziness, lying, pedagogy, teaching by Patrick George McCullough
3 Apr 08

Do you know of any biblioblogs that . . . ?

A friend of mine asked this question:
Pat, do you know of any biblioblogs that deal particularly with…
1) teaching biblical studies in general
2) using tech in biblical studies ed (e.g. class wikis, PPT, Blackboard, etc.)
?
So, I put the question to you all. What do you think? My friend is especially interesting in Hebrew Bible and ANE [...]

4 Comments Posted in biblicablogs, biblioblogs, education, pedagogy, teaching, technology by Patrick George McCullough
18 May 07

Tired Teacher vs. Aspiring Teacher

Here’s an interesting story of an associate professor of philosophy who got tired of his job and decided to take a two year leave of absence to join the Peace Corps, teaching English in China. I read these articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education written by people having trouble with their academic jobs and [...]

0 Comments Posted in articles, career, chronicle, quotes, teaching by Patrick George McCullough
22 Mar 07

Teach with vulnerability over demolition

I’ve been perusing the most recent edition of Religious Studies News, the newspaper put out by AAR, and it has some excellent material. They have helpfully shared results to the EIS employment survey, and there are two special sections, “Focus on Getting Published” and the “Spotlight on Theological Education.” You can find the issue online [...]

2 Comments Posted in education, iconoclasm, pedagogy, teaching by Patrick George McCullough