College
Teachers
Study
Techniques
for
Integration
of
Faith
and
Learning
he
first
annual
Insti-
tute
for
Christian
Col-
lege
Teaching
selected
19
participants
for
its
June
13-30
session
at
Union
College
in
Lin-
coln,
Nebraska.
With
detailed
appli-
cations
from
candi-
dates,
which
included
proposals
for
study
papers,
the
ICCT
selection
committee
reviewed
prospec-
tive
participants
in
early
January,
selecting
them
on
the
basis
of
their
professional
qualifications
and
on
the
quality
of
their
proposed
papers.
In
addition
to
other
qualifications,
the
committee
wanted
a
group
of
college
teachers
representing
as
many
NAD
colleges
as
possible,
consist
Dr.
George
Akers,
General
Confer-
ence
Director
of
Education,
makes
a
point.
An
international
group
of
students
from
Brazil,
Germany,
the
U.S.,
West
Indies,
France,
Nigeria,
Canada,
and
Great
ing
of
both
men
and
women
and
a
mix
of
academic
disciplines
and
ethnic
groups.
In
the
end,
eight
North
American
colleges
and
Newbold
College
(England)
participated.
The
institute's
origin
is
interesting,
if
not
dramatic.
About
18
months
ago,
George
Akers,
head
of
the
General
Con-
ference
Education
Department,
and
John
Wagner,
president
of
Union
College,
shared
adjacent
airplane
seats.
In
their
short
flight
together,
they
began
to
dis-
cuss
the
integration
of
faith
and
learning.
Their
conversation
expanded
to
the
possibility
of
holding
an
ongoing
insti-
tute
dedicated
to
fostering
this
integra
tion
on
SDA
college
campuses.
Although
the
integration
was
already
often
done
well,
even
expertly,
both
men
neverthe-
less
saw
a
need
to
do
it
better.
This
need,
Britain
are
the
first
to
participate
in
a
full-time
master’s
program
in
education
offered
at
Newbold
College,
Bracknell,
Berkshire,
England.
Four
students
graduated
from
the
program
in
1988.
Last
year
two
students
completed
the
program
who
had
been
studying
for
a
master's
degree
during
the
summers.
Pictured
above
are
four
of
the
master's
students
with
Dr.
Ole-Christian
Bjerkan
(center),
who
has
been
Newbold’s
academic
dean
and
director
of
the
M.A.
course.
10
ADVENTIST
EDUCATION
&
DECEMBER
1988
-
JANUARY
1989