Author Archives: Israel Galindo

About Israel Galindo

Israel Galindo is Coordinator of the Leadership in Ministry program at the Center for Lifelong Learning, Columbia Theological Seminary. Formerly he was Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary and Dean at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.

That vision thing

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Israel Galindo

During a hallway conversation with a former minister who recently took a job in educational administration the topic of the newbie learning curve came up. He unburdened about how, after a year on the job, he was still on a … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 19, 2007 by Israel Galindo
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Glue, Stamps, and Deeper Learning

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Israel Galindo

The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? MYTH: The glue in postage stamps used in the U.S. are flavored. This increases sales … Continue reading →

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A story (is) told a thousand times

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Israel Galindo

My son’s pretty excited about the new Beowulf movie coming out soon. He’s been a fan since reading the myth in high school. You don’t know how good it feels to actually be able to say that my son read … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Reviewing Leadership by Banks and Ledbetter

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Israel Galindo

It seems despite voices of woe in the industry the number of books put out by publishers, in any number of fields, will not be abetting anytime soon. Whether or not that is a good thing may be a matter … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 12, 2007 by Israel Galindo
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Learning is not an outcome of teaching

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Israel Galindo

I’m finding many interesting instances of “misunderstanding” in this year’s fall tour of educational workshops and seminars. Mostly they arise from audiences of lay and volunteer teachers, sincere and passionate people who step up to engage in the noble and … Continue reading →

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Real Estate, Techtonics, and Discipline

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Israel Galindo

The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? MYTH: If you want to get rich, you can’t go wrong investing in real estate … Continue reading →

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Ideas people fall in love with

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Israel Galindo

It seems that we have a tendency of falling in love with certain concepts now and again. Some of these concepts come and go, others are more pernicious. Some concepts become popular, then wane with time or over-familiarity. What I … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 5, 2007 by Israel Galindo
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