Teaching and Learning in Contemporary Religious Studies
The Religious Studies Project
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Dominic, Welcome to the Religious Studies Project
dominic, welcome to the religious studies project. I'm very grateful for the opportunity to talk about my work a litle bit. First department was set up in 19 67, which is ato my birth date. But so were less than 50 years old as a subject area. There has been some massive changes, sidemix changes, in pedagogy and higher education,. Some major challenges in terms of teaching and learning an higher education which are yet to be faced. And there are some major challenges in our subject area of religious studies.
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As we career forward into the twenty-first century, in a context where more and more students have access to higher education, where technology advances at an exponential rate, and where the logics of neoliberalism and management seemingly creep further into every aspect of everyday life, critical reflection about the role of academics in teaching has never been more necessary. In this our first podcast of 2016, Chris was joined by Dr Dominic Corrywright of Oxford Brookes University in the UK, to discuss current developments in higher education pedagogy, the challenges and opportunities that these present for Religious Studies, and some practical examples from Dominic’s own experience.
