COURSE DESCRIPTION
A consideration of the various factors which influence the teaching and learning process. Students will engage in a critical analysis of how faith is formed through the teaching ministry of the Church. This highly interactive skills course allows opportunity to practice various methods of creatively teaching the Bible.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To discover the significance of educational learning styles for the teaching ministry of the Church.To assess the student’s personal learning style and creativity quotients.
To experience various strategies of teaching-learning through instructor and student presentations and evaluations.
To learn the foundational components of an effective and creative Bible teacher.
To practice developing, presenting, and evaluating various presentations.
TEXTBOOKS
Required:
Issler, Klaus. (2002) Reprint. How We Learn: A Christian Teacher’s Guide to Educational Psychology. Wipf and Stock Publishers.
LeFever, Marlene. (2004) Revised. Creative Teaching Methods: Be An Effective Christian Teacher. NexGen of Cook Communication Ministries.
Stanley, Andy & Lane Jones. (2006). Communicating for a Change. Multnomah.
Pasquarellow, Michael III. (2005). Sacred Rhetoric: Preaching as a Theological and Pastoral Practice of the Church. Eerdmans.
