Carolyn Weber

This practical guide shows how and why in-service and pre-service teachers should use inquiry in their social studies lessons to develop students’ critical thinking and decision-making skills. Supported by literature and research, it provides a concrete framework for integrating inquiry in the classroom, which outlines the pedagogical practice of inquiry and provides evidence for its benefits for teaching and learning.Filled with practical advice and lesson plans for classroom use, chapters explore topics such as the following:Defining inquiry and highlighting its importance in the classroomAn overview of the inquiry framework and the role of pedagogical content knowledgeThe literature and research about inquiry, including alternate framework structures and the different types of inquiry andPlanning and scaffolding inquiry-based learningThe volume also explores perennial and emerging uses for inquiry in social studies, including technology, integrating literature, utilizing civic agency, using primary sources, evaluating sources, and focusing on global issues.This is an essential read for any pre-service or in-service teacher who wants to support their students in developing inquiry skills.

This practical guide shows how and why in-service and pre-service teachers should use inquiry in their social studies lessons to develop students’ critical thinking and decision-making skills. Supported by literature and research, it provides a concrete framework for integrating inquiry in the classroom, which outlines the pedagogical practice of inquiry and provides evidence for its benefits for teaching and learning.Filled with practical advice and lesson plans for classroom use, chapters explore topics such as the following:Defining inquiry and highlighting its importance in the classroomAn overview of the inquiry framework and the role of pedagogical content knowledgeThe literature and research about inquiry, including alternate framework structures and the different types of inquiry andPlanning and scaffolding inquiry-based learningThe volume also explores perennial and emerging uses for inquiry in social studies, including technology, integrating literature, utilizing civic agency, using primary sources, evaluating sources, and focusing on global issues.This is an essential read for any pre-service or in-service teacher who wants to support their students in developing inquiry skills.

When Carolyn Weber moved to Oxford University to study, she didn't expect to find God there. But she did. As she grappled with her newest and most important relationship, she also found that there was another invitation: to think bigger about love. In this book we follow Weber through courtship and into marriage and parenthood. Now a literature professor, Weber reflects on her relationship with a sometimes-absent father and how that has shaped her. Through her personal story, as well as spiritual, theological, and literary reflection, Sex and the City of God explores what life looks like when we choose to love God first.

Home Going: Poetry for a Season is the first print collection of poetry from award winning author Carolyn Weber. Weber weaves together an affinity for place, nature and journey, and takes her readers on a diverse path of both landscapes as well as several topical spiritual journeys in the daily life of Christian faith. This volume includes poems from Weber's previously published digital-only collections, True North and Summering along with 13 new poems. The poetry in this collection echoes the signature style of Weber's prose in her recent memoir Surprised by Oxford which has been distinguished with multiple international awards, including the Grace Irwin Literary Prize, designated for the 2014 Christian book of the year by a Canadian Author. Christian poetry.

Life pulls us in many directions, sometimes even to the point of pulling our souls apart. We know rest and reflection are necessary for a healthy life—even Jesus took time to get away from the crowds, away from the demands of everyday life, to pray, to spend time with close friends, to sleep. But when Carolyn Weber—emotionally and physically exhausted from managing her career as a college professor, writing her first book and parenting three children under the age of three—hears this truth from a friend, all she can think is: but who will do everything if I don't? And this sets her on a journey to find the still, small space in each day. In these pages Carolyn reflects on the eternal beauty that lurks within the present. Drawing from literature, history and everyday life, Holy Is the Day is a collection of spiritual reflections that trace the way God's ever-renewing grace is a gift of the present. Opening it we find poignant stories of endurance, humility, compassion, remembrance and gratitude, as well a harrowing account of near-death experience. Carolyn gives us new eyes to receive the precious gift of the present and give it away to others.

When Carolyn Weber set out to study Romantic literature at Oxford University, she didn't give much thought to God or spiritual matters—but over the course of her studies she encountered the Jesus of the Bible and her world turned upside down. Surprised by Oxford chronicles her conversion experience with wit, humor, and insight into how becoming a Christian changed her.Carolyn Weber arrives at Oxford a feminist from a loving but broken family, suspicious of men and intellectually hostile to all things religious. As she grapples with her God-shaped void alongside the friends, classmates, and professors she meets, she tackles big questions in search of truth, love, and a life that matters.From issues of fatherhood, feminism, doubt, doctrine, and love, Weber explores the intricacies of coming to faith with an aching honesty and insight echoing that of the poets and writers she studied. Surprised by Oxford is:The witty memoir of a skeptical agnostic who comes to a dynamic personal faith in GodRich with illustration and literary referencesGritty, humorous, and spiritually perceptiveAn inside look at Oxford UniversityWeber eloquently describes a journey many of us have embarked upon, grappling with tough questions and doubts about the meaning of faith—and ultimately finding it in the most unlikely of places.