Journal for Case Teaching

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Volume 12

Fall 2001

 

 

1          Editorial

 

Essay on Pedagogy

 

3          Using Cases as Summative Evaluations

J. W. Childers

 

Two Case Briefs

 

26        A Response to the Northside Case

John Ellison

 

40        A Dialogue with Luther

Matthew Rawlings

 

Case Studies

 

50        Setting the Captives Free

Anne Reissner

 

When Federal State funding for college education in New York prisons was withdrawn, a group of inmates at Sing Sing Prison came up with a creative solution to fill the gap.  It was up to Paul, a long time prison volunteer educator, to determine a way to implement their plan.

 

57        Children Have to Be Taught

Alan Neely

 

Bob and Carol Griffin struggle to correct their daughter Jeannie’s ideas about Jewish people, which she learned from a counselor at the local YMCA.

 

64        Ingat Ka, Pastor - Be Careful, Pastor

Joyce Ann Mercer

 

A Filipino pastor is caught between church members’ support for tobacco farming as a way of lifting themselves out of poverty and the concern of other church members that tobacco farming participates in the erosion of their cultural identity and the exploitation of Filipinos for 1st world wealth.

 

70        They Might Ruin the Whole Community

Kadarmanto Hardjowasito

 

An Indonesian family struggle with their teenage daughter who is pregnant.  The case is set in a multi-cultural setting with the predominant values of marriage and limited resources.

 

75        What Is God's Will?

Stephen Lim

 

A church board must decide whether or not to allow another congregation to rent and share its facilities.

 

80        What a Difference a Day Makes

Stephanie Croom

 

A young girl struggles with her experience of being stopped by bullies on her way home from school.  Their threats contribute to a new awareness of class distinction and life-long aversion to conflict.

 

83        What Should I Say to Her?

Jeanene Reese

 

A tenured missionary struggles with how to respond to a letter from a  young woman, newly-married, and about to move to the mission field, who expresses her fears and anxieties.

 

91        Evangelism, Discipleship and Culture

Josephine Holmes

 

A volunteer mission team faces cultural challenges while ministering in Kenya.

 

96        The Prayer of Jabez

Kon Yang

 

The pastor of a church divided over the popular book The Prayer of Jabez goes to his friend Charles for advice. 

 



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