{"id":36746,"date":"2013-01-22T19:38:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T00:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=36746"},"modified":"2013-01-25T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T19:01:17","slug":"the-lesson-of-grace-in-teaching-by-francis-su","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/01\/22\/the-lesson-of-grace-in-teaching-by-francis-su\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lesson of Grace in Teaching — by Francis Su"},"content":{"rendered":"

Per Jim Bradley (Mathematics, Emeritus) at Calvin College:<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Francis Su is a Christian teaching at Harvey Mudd, a secular liberal arts college. He was recently selected to receive the Haimo Award*, one of the mathematics community’s highest teaching honors. Receiving the award entails giving an address at the annual math association meeting, going on now in San Diego. In writing his talk, Francis asked himself, “What does the gospel have to say to this large, mostly secular group of mathematicians?” He answered, “Grace.”<\/strong> Here’s a link to a written copy of his talk. I think it’s quite an inspiring and enjoyable set of reflections on teaching by an obviously great teacher.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/francis-su\/the-lesson-of-grace-in-teaching\/10151372450043217\u00a0<\/span>
\n(From DSC: Facebook deleted the above original posting by Franic Su — not sure why)
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Per Francis’ new blog:<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
\nAfter giving this talk, I had so many requests for the text that I<\/span>
\n shared it on Facebook. \u00a0But Facebook deleted it.<\/span>
\n So I created a blog just for this. \u00a0I hope you find it helpful<\/span>.<\/p>\n

It was the hardest thing I ever had to write:
\nbecause it is deeply personal, truly me,<\/span>
\n and about my biggest life lesson… given at a
\nconference in front of hundreds of people who,<\/span>
\n I’m sure, struggle with the same things that I do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Lesson of Grace in Teaching <\/a>
\nFrom weakness to wholeness, the struggle and the hope<\/strong>
\nFrancis Edward Su
\nMAA Haimo Teaching Award Lecture
\nJoint Math Meetings, January 11, 2013
\nAn audio file is available:\u00a0bit.ly\/W4gyD0<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Excerpt:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Knowing my new advisor had grace for me meant that he could give me honest feedback on my dissertation work, even if it was hard to do, without completely destroying my identity. \u00a0Because, as I was learning, my worthiness does NOT come from my accomplishments. \u00a0I call this<\/p>\n

The Lesson of GRACE:<\/b><\/p>\n