“God loved the world so much….”
4th Sunday in Lent – Year B (Jn 1:12-15).
The Gospel of John is often considered the most difficult of the Gospels – highly symbolic in its expression and deeply theological in its content. John likes to use terms with more than one meaning and thus invite us to a deeper level of reflection. For instance, in the gospel text of today (from John 3) there are at least three expressions that can have more than one meaning: night, spirit or wind, born from above or born again. This conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus turns out to be a theological discourse, which is very typical of the Gospel of John. Though the text we heard read is only part of the conversation, I would like to consider the whole encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus (Jn 3:1-21), […]
Author: selvam
3rd Sunday in Lent Sermon – Cycle B Homily: The Temple
“In three days I will raise it up”
3rd Sunday in Lent – Year B (Jn 2:13-25).
To watch my video reflection on the Temple of Jerusalem on Youtube, CLICK HERE.
As we may well be aware, the Liturgy of the Word for Sundays in the Catholic liturgy is laid out in a three-year cycle. During Lent, the Year A cycle uses the Gospel of John, with passages particularly relevant for those who are preparing for baptism during Easter. This year, we are using the Year B cycle, basically reading from the Gospel of Mark. Previous two Sundays of Lent we read from the Gospel according to Mark. But today we switch over to John and continue listening to John until the 5th Sunday in Lent. The Gospel of John is often considered the most difficult of the Gospels – highly symbolic […]
Training in Teaching and Learning in 21st Century
Pedagogue.21
Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
Dates
30th March to 1st April 2021
(3-day face to face training – from 8.30am 4.30pm)
Ideal for teachers, lecturers, professors, seminary lecturers, and educators!
Cost: Ksh. 6000/-
(includes lunch+2 teas+
3 days face to face training +20 hours self-paced online training)
Assorted Topics
Competencies for 4th Industrial Revolution
Intellectual agility
Self-learning skills
Cornell Note-taking Technique
Flipped Classroom
Technology Enhanced Learning
LMS: Google Classroom
E-Portfolio
Constructive Alignment
Personal teaching philosophy
Information Literacy
Socrative, PollEverywhere, Menti, etc
Visualising Techniques in PowerPoint
Educational Institutional Culture
Hidden curriculum
Assessment Rubric
Capstone Exercise/Projects
Core Concepts and Threshold Concepts
Creating & Using Case Method
Service Learning
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle
Appreciative Enquiry
Graphic Organisers
National and Regional Qualifications Framework
Certificate of participation will be provided for those who complete the online training (20 hours) following the face to face training (20 hours).
Residential option: Add Ksh.1300/- per night
Due to COVID restrictions we are taking about 25 people in a hall that can contain 65 people. […]
2nd Sunday in Lent Sermon – Cycle B Homily – Learning to Pray
Going up the mountain: Learning to pray
Second Sunday of Lent – Year B – Mk 9: 2-10
The liturgy of the word of God for Sundays in Lent is very well thought-out and appropriately laid out. On the first Sunday of Lent, in all the three cycles, the central theme is temptations of Jesus. On the second Sunday of Lent, like today, the liturgy of the word invites us to focus on the transfiguration of the Lord. The meditation on the transfiguration during lent becomes for us a prediction of what lies at the end of Lent – the resurrection of the Lord. This is what perhaps it meant for the three apostles who were taken up the mountain only six days after (Mk 9:2) Jesus had told them about his impending suffering and death (Mk 8:31). This was important […]
Foundational Course in Positive Psychology Online
PPAK001 – Foundational Course in Positive Psychology
offered by Positive Psychology Association of Kenya (PPAK).
www.positivepsychologykenya.org
Dates: From 1st to 5th March. Time – 5pm to 8pm – ONLINE
(Using a Learning Management System and Zoom live classes)
Costs: Ksh.5000/- | Ksh.4500 for members and returning students.
Certificate of participation will be provided for those who submit some simple assignments.
This is a basic course for a future Certificate in Positive Psychology.
Topics covered:
1.1. History of Positive Psychology
1.2. Models of Wellbeing:
Subjective, Psych, Social wellbeing, PERMA
2.1. Naming feelings & Layers of Affective States:
Feeling, Mood, Feeling, Emotions, Appetite
2.2 Correlates of Happiness:
Wealth, Age, Gender, Education, etc
3.1. Response to Negative Affect:
Stress, Coping, Resilience, Burnout
3.2. Posttraumatic Growth
4.1. Character Strengths as Ingredients of Wellbeing
Various models of Values and CS; Schwartz, Linley, African models, and VIA
4.2. Character Strengths Interventions
Mindfulness, Savouring, Gratitude, Forgiveness.
5.1. Positive Affective States 1:
Positivity, Intrinsic […]