Tag Archives: academic

Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions, with the Right Question Institute

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

After a teaching foundations course (theory), my first college course in teacher prep was “Teaching Methods.” Ever since, I have loved the diversity of ways that we can draw a group of people to a moment of discovery. I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged academic, critical thinking, curiosity, On Writing, Question Formulation Technique, Right Question Institute, Teaching | 5 Comments

A Call for Literary Patrons

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I still have not found the words—or the time to search very hard—to describe the sublime experience of my research and conference trip to the Midwest these past couple of weeks. I spent nearly five days in archival and secondary … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reflections | Tagged academic, friendship, literary friendship, literature, PhD, Reading, research, theology, University, writing | 26 Comments

2015: A Year in Books

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Last year I posted a bright year-end reading blog, talking about how I fail at all New Year’s resolutions, except for reading. “It was a cool year,” I wrote, “with rich reading from beginning to end.” I had set a 2014 … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged academic, blog, books, C.S. Lewis, fantasy, Fictional Universes, literature, PhD, Ransom Trilogy, Reading, Science Fiction, theology, writing | 24 Comments

A Lament for the Loss of Young Teachers

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Last week I wrote a post about the problems of the lack of women in academic publishing, using my favourite publisher, Zondervan, as a test case for the conversation. Senior editor Katya Covrett responded, setting the problem of academic publishing … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing, Original Research, Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged academic, art, Education, higher education, Mr. Holland's Opus, On Writing, publishing, Richard Dreyfuss, Teaching, theology, Theology of Culture, University, Zondervan | 25 Comments

What I Learned about Gender (and Diversity) from Christian Academic Publishing by Katya Covrett

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

I recently shared on A Pilgrim in Narnia “What I Learned about Gender from the Zondervan Catalogue.” I noted that only 1 in 10 authors advertised by my favourite academic publisher were women. I set the context of a male-dominated … Continue reading →