"Who Am I?": The Biblical Moses as a Metaphor for Teaching. (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gravett, Emily O.
• Is Part Of: Teaching theology & religion. Volume 18:Number 2(2015)
• Page Start: 159
• Page End: 169
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: Religion -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Theology -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 200.71
• DOI: 10.1111/teth.12276
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1368-4868

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p> <italic>This essay presents Moses, the protagonist of the biblical books of Exodus and Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible, as a playful but generative metaphor for current teaching practices and experiences in higher education, including my own. Among numerous similarities (such as the fact that Moses, other teachers, and I are all bound by context), the most humbling insights come from Moses's role as a mediator or intermediary. It is a role that we also inhabit – standing, as it were, between our students and the knowledge of our discipline – and that we might consider further, particularly in terms of our responsibilities.</italic> </p> </abstract>