Faith fair exhibit
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Ordinarily this final project takes the shape of a three-fold
cardboard exhibit much like a science fair exhibit. I'm not sure
how to propose that you do such a thing in an online course, although
I will leave the directions here in
case you'd like to do this and simply find some way to ship it to
me. I realize that not everyone taking this course is at a distance,
so locally resident students might find this possibility feasible.
Distance students might still make this choice and then send me
a digital picture of the exhibit. This project includes a 3-5 page
written piece to accompany the exhibit.
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Curriculum review
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This final project involves choosing a religious education curriculum,
preferably one in active use in your own context. Once you've identified
the curriculum, you then work with it to assess it -- both in its
proposed frame (ie. what the published books or guides for the curriculum
think it should be and do) and in its actual use. Harris' ideas,
Boys' grid, the Vella principles, and Gardners' intelligences are
all frames that you can and should be able to bring to bear on this
exercise by the end of the class.This project requires a 3-5 page
written component to your evaluation, NOT inclusive of appendices.
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Research paper
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This is probably the most open of the final project options. It
is also an excellent choice if you are an MA student in educational
ministries, or are intending to ask me for a reference for graduate
study. Click here for a list of possible
projects that are simply fruit for your imagination.This paper would
likely be between 12 and 15 pages in length.
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Poster presentation
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| This final project involves choosing one resource off
of the Wabash Center bibliography (found
here on the web). Once you've chosen a resource, you then read
it (or watch it, since some of them are films), critique it in light
of the ideas from the course, and prepare a "poster" that
communicates the main content of the resource and your critique of
it. Usually this is a 3' x 5' poster done on posterboard. Locally
resident students can turn this in to me directly. Distance students
could take a digital photograph to send to me. This project includes
a 3-5 page written piece to accompany the poster. |
Web journey
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For those of you who already have web design skills, you can take
any one of the previous ideas or create a new one, and embed them
in a web site of some sort. Another idea would be to create a web-based
treasure hunt that explores the ideas of the course in the context
of good web sites you've found and evaluated. This is another example
of a final project that you should discuss with me before finishing
it.
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