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About igalindo

Israel Galindo is Professor and Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary.

A story (is) told a thousand times

Posted on November 15, 2007 by igalindo

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 igalindo

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 igalindo
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Learning is not an outcome of teaching

Posted on November 9, 2007 by igalindo

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 igalindo

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 igalindo

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 igalindo
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BFST and individual personality theories

Posted on November 2, 2007 by igalindo

I’d no sooner sat down to lunch at a recent conference, at which I presented on Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST), than a participant asked, “Can I ask you a question?” “Sure,” I said, wondering what answer I’d have to … Continue reading →

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Performance art by Joe Castillo

Posted on November 1, 2007 by igalindo

A student in my current on-line course, Educating in Faith, shared her memories of an evangelistic ”chalk artist.” Reading her comments I too remembered those presentations. I’m not a big fan of the graphic arts as ”performance art.” My early … Continue reading →

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Rick asks about reactivity and being non-anxious

Posted on October 31, 2007 by igalindo

I haven’t heard from Rick in a while, so it was good to get another good systems question from him. Rick asks about the concept of non-anxious presence and reactivity. Specifically, he shared his observation that some people seemed to … Continue reading →

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