The students streamed steadily into the mid-sized auditorium, creating a sizable noise level. When the professor wrote his name on the large blackboard the chatter gradually died down. Faces turned squarely forward, the students grabbed notebooks and pens, ready to get to work. Expectations for the course were high; rumors circulated around campus that Professor Gleason's Introduction to World Religions class was one of the school's best. Because of all the hype some students eagerly sat in the front two rows, but others, suspect that any religion class could be interesting, mulled around in the last few rows with bored or stoned looks on their faces. Yet as soon as Professor Gleason opened his mouth he had a mesmerizing effect on the room. It soon became apparent that the course's reputation was not unfounded but rather, well-deserved. Professor Gleason had a way with words and his re
liance on primary source material and experiential evidence was admirable. Ideal learning experiences are made by enthusiastic and experienced professors, no matter what the class size or environment.
Furthermore, the assignments based on the classroom materials helped make the Introduction to World Religion class compelling and enjoyable: an ideal learning experience. For example, one of our assignments was to attend a service of a religion that was unfamiliar to us. Professor Gleason encouraged students to seek for small sects or even cults so that we could learn what causes people to worship and how different religions conceive of the notion of community. In addition to assigning us a field exercise the professor also had students keep a journal. The journal wouldn't get graded but the professor wanted to see what our genuine reactions to material were. Formal graded assignments w
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