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Bridging the Teacher-Student Divide: A Multimedia Approach to Reach Digital Native Learners
No full textToday’s higher education classroom is unique from previous generations. Attention spans are limited. Students are more interested in technology and social media than reading. Many critics question the value of higher education. While faith-based schools emphasize programs that are distinctively Christian, the calling to “come out and be separate” does not preclude the use of secular tools to promote effective learning. We present a multimedia pedagogy as an effective approach to student learning. Suggestions and examples are offered for implementation
Considering the Data Analytics Revolution and Lessons for Christian Business Faculty
Full text linkData is playing an increasingly important role in business. The demand for skilled data analysts and data scientists is growing rapidly. In response, universities and colleges are creating new programs to meet the swelling demand and distinctively Christian universities and colleges, too, are adding programs in data analytics. This paper comments on the trend toward data-driven decision making and offers both exhortation and caution to Christian educators and practitioners moving in this direction
Business Stakeholder Trends as Kingdom Opportunities in a Secularizing World
Full text link“Business as mission” (BAM) has emerged as a classification of business-driven holistic mission applying a Christ-centered, multiple-bottom-line model. Secular developments in business activity often respond to stakeholder trends. Literature in Christian ministry, however, designates the secularizing age as a challenge to evangelical missions. This paper identifies needs in holistic missions in which BAM activity can take advantage of business stakeholder trends to better serve the purposes of mission activity, creating Kingdom opportunities
Writing Devotions for the Classroom
Full text linkFor faculty considering faith integration in the classroom, devotion time is one of the best opportunities to share and engage with the student about God and Scripture. There is a lack of literature on writing devotions for the classroom. This paper adds a possible structure for online and onsite business devotions. Preparing students with reflective questions for reading and absorbing devotional material is useful for their entire lives
Teaching Introductory Microeconomics— The Full Treatment
Full text linkChoices and decisions in business and in economics as well as in life are not made in an ethical vacuum. There are few economic choices that are ethically neutral. By their very nature, choices/decisions involve the worldview of the chooser/decision-maker, and this can cause two individuals possessing an equal knowledge of the same educational tools to make widely different choices when faced with the same alternatives. Consequently, the teaching of microeconomics principles will always be lacking without the infusion of an ethical/philosophical system which gets at how to properly use these principles and tools. This paper will propose that microeconomic principles and tools are best applied using a biblical model and that decision-makers with non-Christian worldviews often make choices based on biblical principles because the latter work best even in a fallen world (II Timothy 3:16). The difference here is in motivation; the Christian’s motivation is to serve Jesus Christ. On the other hand, Christians do not always follow biblical principles because ideal behavior is sometimes compromised due to expediency, greed, or other wrong motives
The Development of a Christian Leadership and Ethics in Business Course
Full text linkIn Christian higher education, business programs often lack a specific Gospel-centered class on Christian leadership that prepares students well to integrate their Christian faith into their workplace while leading for Jesus Christ. This article addresses the need for a Christian leadership and ethics in business course, the importance of having a biblical worldview of work, the impact leading through humility can have on coworkers, and one specific pathway for developing a course like this
Biblical Screens and the Stock Selection Process: Applications for a Student-Managed Fund
Full text linkThe growth in socially responsible and ESG investing reflects a desire for investors to select investments that mirror their values. Christian colleges and universities that offer a student-managed investment fund may similarly desire to invest in a way that reflects biblical principles. This paper outlines a process for incorporating stock screens from the Biblically Responsible Investing Institute (BRII) into the standard stock selection process for a student-managed fund
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Teaching Love as the Foundation for Business Communication: A Strategy for Spiritual Formation and Concept Cohesion
Full text linkWhen teaching business communication, Christian faculty can integrate the virtue of love to help students cultivate ethical reasoning and bring cohesion to disparate writing and speaking assignments. “How can you love your audience?” is a central question around which a spiritually formative business communication class can be built. In answering this question in a variety of contexts, students practice cultivating an othersoriented focus in their communication, which provides a cohesive foundation for practical instruction