Teaching and Christian Imagination /
Smith, David I.
Teaching and Christian Imagination / David I. Smith and Susan M. Felch ; with Barbara M. Carvill ... [et al.]. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, c2016. - viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part one: Journeys and pilgrimages. Setting our feet on the road ; Are we tourists or pilgrims? ; Walking the path ; What sustains the journey? -- Part two: gardens and wilderness. Clearing the ground ; Generous beauty: is your classroom a Royal Garden? ; Shaping the soul ; The just community -- Part three: building the walls. Drawing the blueprints ; Laying the foundations ; Building the blueprints ; Laying the foundations ; building the walls ; Climbing the steps ; Entering the sanctuary ; Setting up house.
This book offers an energizing Christian vision for the art of teaching. The authors experienced teachers themselves encourage teacher-readers to reanimate their work by imagining it differently. David Smith and Susan Felch, along with Barbara Carvill, Kurt Schaefer, Timothy Steele, and John Witvliet, creatively use three metaphors journeys and pilgrimages, gardens and wilderness, buildings and walls to illuminate a fresh vision of teaching and learning. Stretching beyond familiar clich©♭s, they infuse these metaphors with rich biblical echoes and theological resonances that will inform and inspire Christian teachers everywhere.
9780802873231 0802873235
Teachers--Religious life.
Teaching--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Education--Philosophy.
Imagination--Religious aspects--Christianity.
248.88 / SMI
Teaching and Christian Imagination / David I. Smith and Susan M. Felch ; with Barbara M. Carvill ... [et al.]. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, c2016. - viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part one: Journeys and pilgrimages. Setting our feet on the road ; Are we tourists or pilgrims? ; Walking the path ; What sustains the journey? -- Part two: gardens and wilderness. Clearing the ground ; Generous beauty: is your classroom a Royal Garden? ; Shaping the soul ; The just community -- Part three: building the walls. Drawing the blueprints ; Laying the foundations ; Building the blueprints ; Laying the foundations ; building the walls ; Climbing the steps ; Entering the sanctuary ; Setting up house.
This book offers an energizing Christian vision for the art of teaching. The authors experienced teachers themselves encourage teacher-readers to reanimate their work by imagining it differently. David Smith and Susan Felch, along with Barbara Carvill, Kurt Schaefer, Timothy Steele, and John Witvliet, creatively use three metaphors journeys and pilgrimages, gardens and wilderness, buildings and walls to illuminate a fresh vision of teaching and learning. Stretching beyond familiar clich©♭s, they infuse these metaphors with rich biblical echoes and theological resonances that will inform and inspire Christian teachers everywhere.
9780802873231 0802873235
Teachers--Religious life.
Teaching--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Education--Philosophy.
Imagination--Religious aspects--Christianity.
248.88 / SMI