Teaching Scholarship

In the classroom Nazareth faculty pass on their deep enthusiasm for knowledge and learning, enriching our students' educational experiences and providing them with an outstanding education and the skills to become global citizens. Several distinguished faculty share their teaching philosophies below:

 

Paul Morris

"The novelist, Herman Hesse, described history as profoundly 'tragic', essentially 'impossible' but ultimately 'necessary'. I agree. So I, my colleagues, and our students labor on. We recognize that the past is not dead. It is not even past. We carry the past with us. We cling to it like a wool scarf before a cold winter wind."

Read Dr. Morris's entire teaching philosophy here.*

 

Lynn Duggan

"…Mastering a craft is more than 'paint-by-numbers'; it is the joy of discovery, adaptation, invention, problem-solving. More importantly, the objects we create communicate ideas evolved from an intellectual process. Art and life is about process. How do we make connections, synthesize ideas, create and communicate? How do we move beyond ourselves to engage with each other and with local and global communities?"

Read Dr. Duggan's entire teaching philosophy here.*

 

Adrielle Mitchell

"…My students are expected to learn particular theoretical concepts, as well as to recognize the principles of specific genres, movements, and literary techniques (from analyzing the interplay of visual and verbal elements in a graphic narrative to recognizing an allusion to T.S. Eliot in a hip-hop track such that their thoughts about both the Eliot poem and the hip-hop beat are altered)… I strive to teach a tolerance for ambiguity and complexity."

Read Dr. Mitchell's entire teaching philosophy here.*

 

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