A biblical, evangelical, and contextual approach to multicultural learning environments
Globalizing Theological Education
In what ways are teaching and learning in classrooms at Trinity affected by the presence of international students? What challenges does their presence present to their professors, to their American students and to the internationals themselves? What benefits accrue, as a result, to all parties involved? How can all parties maximize the benefits of learning in multinational classrooms? What resources would help faculty, not only at Trinity but in theological schools around the world, to more effectively teach and manage such learning environments? Are there practices that would stimulate a more culturally sensitive way of teaching and learning theology, thus helping to advance the interests of the Gospel and of the Kingdom of God in today’s globalized world?
These are some of the questions that motivated this project. Through a series of workshops involving faculty, students, and administrators, both at Trinity and in other like-minded theological institutions, a multi-ethnic research team composed of a professor and three doctoral students from Trinity seek to explore the development of pedagogical implementations that can enable a biblical, evangelical, and contextual approach for teaching and learning in multicultural and international learning environments.
The CaseEducational studies have begun to address the challenges of globalization for education; few have addressed actual classroom implications. |
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Faculty Grant
Miriam Charter
Miriam Charter was a member of the TEDS faculty from 2006-2012, where she was the Program Director of the PhD/EDS program and Associate Professor of Educational Studies. Dr. Charter also has over a decade of missionary and pastoral experience, working in intercultural and international contexts.
