Russell T. Osguthorpe
Russell T. Osguthorpe | |
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General President of the Sunday School | |
April 4, 2009 | – April 5, 2014|
Personal details | |
Born | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
Spouse(s) | Lolly Osguthorpe |
Children | 5 |
Russell Trent Osguthorpe (born December 4, 1946) is an American professor of education and was the 20th general president of the Sunday School of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2009 to 2014.[1]
Osguthorpe was born in
.Osguthorpe wrote Choose to Learn: Teaching for Success Every Day and Balancing the Tensions of Change. He has also written materials on deaf education.[3] Osguthorpe was the lead author of Partner School: Centers for Educational Renewal and this book is often cited as one of the leading works on the subject. Osguthorpe wrote and article with his son, Richard D. Osguthorpe, entitled "Instructional Design as a Living Practice: Toward a Conscience of Craft".[4]
Osguthorpe was the director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at BYU. He has also served as an associate dean of BYU's David O. McKay School of Education.[2] He was previously a visiting faculty member at the University of Toronto and the University of Paris and a member of the faculty of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York. Since 1998, Osguthorpe has held the Martha Jane Knowlton Coray University Professorship at BYU.
LDS Church service
Osguthorpe has served in the LDS Church as
At the church's April 2009
In the April 2014 General Conference, Osguthorpe and his counselors were released, with Tad R. Callister named as his successor.[6] Later in 2014, Osguthorpe began an anticipated 3-year assignment as president of the church's Bismarck North Dakota Temple.[7]
Personal life
Osguthorpe and his wife, Lolly, are the parents of five children.[8] He has also written a hymn with his wife.[9]
Bibliography
- Partner School: Centers for Educational Renewal (Jossey-Bass Publishers, March 28, 1995, ISBN 978-0787900656)
- The Education of the Heart: Rediscovering the Spiritual Roots of Learning (Covenant Communications Inc, September 1, 1996, ISBN 978-1555039851)
- Balancing the Tensions of Change: Eight Keys to Collaborative Educational Renewal (Corwin, September 28, 1998)
- Choose to Learn: Teaching for Success Every Day (Skyhorse, October 6, 2015, ISBN 978-1634503167)
References
- ^ a b "Brother Russell T. Osguthorpe". ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ a b ""My Journey as a Scholar of Faith" Lecture: Russell Osguthorpe". By Study and Faith. 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ Eiserman, William D.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. (1986-01-01). Intellectually Handicapped Students as Tutors: Implementing Total Class Tutoring. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education.
- Educational Technology, 2007. Retrieved on 14 March 2020.
- ^ Holman, Marianne. "'I will give myself to him,' says Russell T. Osguthorpe during CES devotional", Deseret News, 4 November 2013. Retrieved on 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Leadership Change, New General Authorities and New Sunday School General Presidency Announced".
- ^ "New temple presidents", Church News, April 19, 2014.
- ^ "Brother Russell T. Osguthorpe". ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ Deseret Book hymn by Osguthorpe