In spite of new classroom technologies, many seminary professors rely solely on auditory methods. By the end of a course, a student may have gained some knowledge and skill, but they might not have embedded what they’ve learned into their long-term memories. Elementary and secondary education teachers have worked with neuroscientists to enhance students’ learning and memory with new classroom practices—while seminary professors have largely left this potential untapped.
In this book, Holly J. Inglis shows how advances in neuroscience can inform pedagogical method in the seminary classroom. Her overview of how learning occurs in the brain, different types of memory, and memory creation provides a framework for pedagogical tools. Her application to specific academic disciplines enables instructors to make concrete modifications to their classroom method. Kathy L. Dawson and Rodger Y. Nishioka have implemented Inglis’ approach, and their dialogue with Inglis shows that seminary education can lead to learning that “sticks”—skills and knowledge that stay with students for a lifetime.
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