Dave Barnhart's Academic Portfolio

From here you can see some sample syllabi (and one early course website) I have created.

Bonhoeffer: Preaching and the Church - taught fall 2001
Introduction to Homiletics - TA'd 1998-2001
Introduction to Ethics
Bonhoeffer and Niebuhr: War and Pacifism
20th Century Political Theology
Theology and Comix

In my course goals section, I almost always include five kinds of goals which reflect my pedagogy:

Explore: This is the content goal, the information I hope to pass on. It includes the facts or the material part of learning, but implies that there may also be tangents and unexpected surprises along the way. I call this the "breadth" element of teaching.

Critically examine: This is how the student takes the content. We evaluate the information in light of what we already know. We determine how it fits within a larger context.

Apply: This is the use of the new knowledge we have gained, and may address several questions. How can we use it in the real world? What are its implications? How does it change the context into which we have fit it?

Formulate a personal position: This is the the "depth" element. Though not all learning will require a radical rethinking of our opinions, it should change us in some way. I believe this is one of the most important, most subtle, and most overlooked aspects of education. I believe it both requires and helps to develop emotional and philosophical literacy.

Practice public and civil discourse: I would like to move students toward a point where they are able to speak publicly about what they have learned. I also believe that our public life is impoverished because we are not intentionally taught these kinds of skills. Since most of the classes I hope to teach deal with matters of public interest, this is an important goal for me.

Syllabi