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Introducing the courses I'm contribute to ... and saying something about what I've taught in the past

    
 
   
 
The Open University is a distance learning higher education institution, offering courses at all degree levels. I'm a member of the Religious Studies central academic team. I.e., I'm part of the group that writes teaching material, oversees the production of audio-visual resources, advises the tutors who have contact with students out in the regions, oversees the process of assessing student work, etc. etc.
 
     
  In short, I don't do “teaching” in lecture-theatres and seminar rooms as academics in other universities do. So, what follows is about the courses I'm involved in to some extent.  
     
  In my previous job I did do “teaching” in the more traditional style. So, after the Open University material, I've noted the modules and programmes I contributed to in Winchester.  
     
  My teaching related work at the Open University:    
       
  AA100 a new course, “introduction to the arts”, currently being produced by a team drawn from all the departments of the Faculty of Arts that will form the first course students will study from 2008 onwards. My contributions to this include co-authoring a unit on “Sacred space and landscape” (with Marion Bowman) and a little about “religion at the seaside”
 
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  A217 a second level course “introducing religions”. I've prepared the Judaism component of this — I've written a study guide, co-ordinated the Judaism portion of a DVD, recorded an interview for the CD, etc.
  Budapest synagogue ark (3march06)
       
  AA307 a third level course “religion in history: conflict, conversion”— for which I've recorded a couple of interviews for the audio CD to support the existing Study Guide.
  a course book
       
  AD317 a third level course “Religion Today: Tradition, Modernity and Change” for which I'm the course chair.
  a course book
       
 

PhD supervision:

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  image from Olu Taiwo's work
     
  My teaching related work at what was then King Alfred's College, Winchester (and is now the University of Winchester) 1996-2003    
     
 

undergraduate:

BA Combined Honours, Theology and Religious Studies, and BA Primary Education (Religious Studies special subject), in academic year 2002-03 I led or contributed to the following modules:
Level 1: Themes and Issues in the Study of Religion, Approaches to World Religions, Introducing Sacred Texts,
Level 2: Judaism after the Holocaust, New Religions, Philosophy of Religion, Holy Land Studies
Level 3: Indigenous Religions, Mapping Mortality, Integrated Spirituality, Dissertations (Final Year Projects)
Graduants and tutors 2005
       
 

Masters level:

tutor in the MA in Religion: The Rhetoric and Rituals of Death and the MA in Contemporary Popular Knowledges.
From 1996-1999 I also taught on MA Religious Studies (Spirituality).

I was also Programme Director for the MA in Religion

   Molly awarded her MA with distinction
     
 

PhD supervision:

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  Brian Walker PhD 2005