Summer 2011/Pasadena
Five-week Intensive: June 20-July 22
CF505
Gorman
CF505: TEACHING THE BIBLE. Julie Gorman.
DESCRIPTION: The Bible is meant to communicate! So how do we join God in
provoking conversations between twenty-first-century persons and this God who
sends his interpersonal messages via multiple first-century and earlier authors
who tell stories, write letters, record trips, admonish and encourage? How do
we communicate the faithfulness of this timeless message to today's youth and
adults in such a way that they relate to this Communicator par excellence and
want His story to be their story? The course is intended for all who value this
message, want to understand it more fully, inhabit it more completely,
communicate it more effectively, and enable others to know God more
holistically. It includes a focus on interpreting what God is communicating,
recognizing how persons hear and learn, and becoming aware of ways we become
part of the teaching process in a learning situation.
SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: Emphasis will be on what the Author of the
Book we study communicates and how we through the teaching ministry can enable
those who learn to become aware of relevance and implications that can
transform their lives as they hear and dialog with him.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Cognitively: The learner will know more about concepts for interpreting and
teaching the Bible: guidelines for interpreting the text, selecting topic and
theme, designing outcomes, and teaching plan.
- Affectively: The learner will gain more confidence and motivation in
studying and teaching the Bible.
- Behaviorally: The learner will incorporate teaching insights by actually
teaching with peer evaluation.
- Existentially: The learner will actively pursue opportunities to study and
to teach the Scriptures to others.
COURSE FORMAT: Class meets twice weekly for five weeks in active four-hour
sessions (1 hr lab), utilizing creative experiential learning: discussion,
learning groups, lecture, demonstration, and actual experience in teaching.
Experiencing is key so attendance will affect grade.
Check syllabus
for pre-course reading.
REQUIRED READING:
- Bracke, John M., and Karen B. Tye. Teaching the Bible in the
Church. Chalice, 2003. ISBN: 0827236433. $19.99
- Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. The Theology of the Second Letter to the
Corinthians. Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN: 0521358981. $14.95.
- Richards, Lawrence, and Gary Bredfeldt. Creative Bible Teaching.
Moody Press, 1998. ISBN: 0802416446. $26.
- Shirock, Robert. Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind. Jubilee
Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 1932314008. $12.95.
- Online articles and handouts, including 2 Corinthians NIV link.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Brown, Jeannine K. Scripture as Communication. Baker, 2007.
ISBN: 9780801027888. $20.
- Fee, Gordon D., and Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its
Worth. 3rd ed. Zondervan, 2003. ISBN: 97980310246046. $13.75.
- Smith, David I., and John Shortt. The Bible and the Task of
Teaching. The Stapleford Centre, 2002. ISBN: 9781902234212. $20.
- Wilhoit, Jim, and Leland Ryken. Effective Bible Teaching. Baker,
1988. ISBN: 0801096855.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
- 5 short semiweekly assignments. Late work accepted only by permission of
teacher.
- Two experiential teaching opportunities on the book of 2 Corinthians during
the quarter.
- Final learning design focused on one concern featured in the theology of 2
Corinthians, due July 27.
PREREQUISITES: None. Some background in CF and in biblical interpretation
helpful. No audits.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Christian Formation
and Discipleship (MIN 4).
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (April 29, 2011)