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Article: Teaching moments: what makes a great teacher? We asked some theologians to write about a teacher who had a major impact on their faith and life.
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- The Christian Century
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- February 22, 2005
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Energetic listening
William C. Placher on David Kelsey
WHEN I ARRIVED at Yale more than 30 years ago to do graduate work in theology, I soon heard other students urging that I take a course with David Kelsey. Even as an undergraduate I had already learned an important lesson: to get the best education, don't pay much attention to the topics of the courses; find out who the good teachers are and take whatever they happen to be teaching. So I soon signed up for a Kelsey seminar.
He remains the best discussion leader I've ever encountered. Most remarkable was his ability to make clear the structure of a discussion. "Student A made this point, but ...
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Article: Is global warming just a myth?
The Daily Mail (London, England);
January 19, 2004 ;
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... ... see how the mantra of 'global warming' has infiltrated the teaching of these and, doubtless, other subjects. Generations of ... the earth's average temperature barely changed at all. DAVID KELSEY, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. BY DOING nothing about the threat ...
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