A "Little" Teaching
for the Church
What did I see?
Christian Education
Revisited and Revised
The Search for Meaning
At the corner of
Park and Palmer
100
According to Little, this style of teaching in the church believes that fellowship provides the frame of reference that links past and present in the search for meaning.
What is Group Interaction?
100
This type of curriculum is what appears in documents and in teacher's plans.
What is explicit curriculum?
100
Information is only important if it leads to this.
What is transformation?
100
Wilhoit states: "Christian education should not be reduced to mere technique." Method is no substitution for what?
What is purpose?
100
Parker Palmer describes education as what?
What is a spiritual journey?
200
According to Little, the role of the teacher is as controller and the role of the learner is to respond to the materials presented.
What is Information-Processing?
200
This curriculum is what is not taught.
What is Null Curriculum?
200
The primary context for this group of evangelicals is small groups, café settings, and art centers.
Who are younger evangelicals?
200
According to Wilhoit, Christian education is dedicated to helping people discover this.
What is God's meaning for life?
200
To teach is to create this?
What is space?
300
According to Little, the focus is on doing the truth with thinking which informs and evaluates action.
What is Action/Reflection?
300
Created the evaluation model that you were to utilize in Assignment #4 - observation #4.
Who is Robert Stake?
300
The primary approach for this group of evangelicals is knowledge and lecture.
Who are traditional evangelicals?
300
Christian education needs this type of grounding.
What is theological?
300
To teach is to create space where this is practiced?
What is obedience and truth?
400
According to Little, this style of teaching provides ways of helping people develop the sense of self and express ideas and feelings in an imaginative way.
What is Personal Development?
400
The values communicated by time spent, by tone of voice, or by how the topic is treated.
What is Implicit Curriculum?
400
This group of evangelicals desire a seeker sensitive style of evangelism.
Who are pragmatic evangelicals?
400
The educational process contains four major elements. Name one.
What is teacher, student, subject matter, and environment?
400
Palmer believes that teacher should also be this.
What is spiritually formed?
500
According to Little, the role of the teacher is artistic and is willing to "stay out of the way" and not to prescribe a response.
What is Indirect Communication?
500
When evaluating and educational experience, name something you evaluate.
What is learner, teacher, curriculum, or environment?
500
Name a reason why it is important that we understand different generations and their approach to Christian education?
(answer varies)
500
Transformational education has three long-term goals. Name one.
What is equipping believers for service and worship? What is cultivation of a servant's heart and skill? What is the establishment of a teaching environment open to God's renewing grace?
500
There are three essentials dimensions to a learning space. Openness, boundaries, and this.
What is an air of hospitality?
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