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Learning to Teach Religious Education in the Secondary School provides insights from current educational theory and the best contemporary classroom teaching and learning, and suggests tasks, activities and further reading that are designed to enhance the quality of initial school experience for the student teacher.

Key themes addressed include:

• the place of Religious Education in the curriculum
• state and faith community schooling
• developing schemes of work
• language and religious literacy
• teaching religion at 16 plus
• religion and moral education
• collective worship.

This second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to take account of changes to policy and the curriculum. It includes two additional chapters on ‘Religious Education and Citizenship’ and ‘Teaching Religious Education at A level’, as well as new versions of three original chapters ‘Teaching Children with Special Educational Needs’, ‘Religious Education and Moral Education’ and ‘Resources for Religious Education’.

Supporting teachers in developing levels of religious and theological literacy, both of individual pupils and the society as a whole, this comprehensive and accessible text will give practising teachers and students an introduction to the craft of teaching Religious Education in the secondary school.

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Spanning the whole Westhill project, this teacher's manual provides help with structuring and assessing a religious education course. It explores the aims and structure of it as a school subject and gives guidance on syllabus planning and curriculum development. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from National Catholic Reporter, published by Thomson Gale on April 7, 2006. The length of the article is 583 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Nashville religious education programs to teach child safety.(CATHOLIC EDUCATION)
Author: Andy Telli
Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 7, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 42Issue: 23Page: 12a(1)

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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How to Teach Religion. please visit www.valdebooks.com for a full list of titles ... Read more

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A National Sunday Law is a question of national importance. The subjects of this book should never become secondary in the mind of any American citizen: the principles of the American Constitution, the proper relationship between religion and the State, the distinction between moral and civil law, the inalienable civil and religious rights of men.This book is a report of an argument made concerning the national Sunday bill that was introduced by Senator Blair in the 50th Congress. ... Read more

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Publisher: Philadelphia, The United Lutheran publication housePublication date: 1920Subjects: Religious educationEducational psychologyChild psychologyNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Keith Anderson's book is the essential backpack companion for Christian college students on how to maintain a healthy spiritual life, how to build friendships and find community on campus, how to get involved in a new church, and more. ... Read more

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OUTSTANDING BOOK!
Keith Anderson obviously has a depth of understanding college students and the issues that they face.This book gives important advice to college students in a wide variety of situations that they may face during thefirst few years of college.I love this book and highly recommend it forstudents and even parents to read! It would make a great graduation giftor for anyone about to embark on the college journey, whether at aChristian college or not!

Very helpful
This book offers very helpful information I wish I had known when I went to college. I think it would make a great graduation gift for highschool seniors or college freshmen. ... Read more

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A mistitled mockery?
I quite agree with Darkgenius' comments on this book. It does not actually give any of the answers that the title implies. Rather, it seems like a kind of satire of nonbelieving parents, churches and Sundayschools. I read it and felt more like it was poking fun at the whole question rather than offering helpful advice. Additionally, the presence of 2 or 3 uses of d--n, 1 use of a--, a reference to Junior's parents being "in the sack", as well as other less-than-reverant elements all make me wonder if this book is really meant as a mockery, rather than a helpful guide. It certainly wasn't written from the perspective of a Christian parent.

It's a cute book, but I'm not sure it is all that helpful
Stan and Jan Berenstain, most famous for the Berenstain Bears series, published this nifty little book back in 1971 (it was reprinted in 1984). The title is self-explanatory, but this cute little book raises more questions than it answers, in my opinion. For one thing, the target audience is unclear to me - you would assume from the title that the book is indeed geared toward parents. The cartoon drawings that correspond to the short text, however, would seem to be drawn with children in mind. One might then speculate that the book is designed to be shared between parents and children, but the presence of a couple of mild expletives in the text will no doubt cause parents to keep this book away from the eyes of their youngsters.

The main problem, though, is the fact that this book really does not answer the question it poses. The authors show you why certain approaches to the task at hand (namely, telling Junior who or what God is) do not really work, but there is really no strategy laid out in terms of how parents should answer these questions. One can see what not to do, and this information is actually quite helpful: don't run away from your children's questions about God, don't just throw the kid into Sunday School and expect him to learn everything there (especially if you do not attend church yourself), and don't depend on the good old "Now I lay me down to sleep" bedtime prayer. The authors make an especially good point here. Expecting your child to go to sleep - in the dark - immediately after "praying" that God will take his soul if he should die during the night can actually scare the child - especially if he has no grounding in religion, for he is apt to take the soul-stealing reference quite literally.

The only real advice the authors give relates to dealing with the death of a pet - rather than try to protect or fool the youngster with the old switcheroo, the advice given here is to explain death to the child and allow him the opportunity to grieve for his lost friend. In the end, the reader learns little more than the fact that children will, at some point, ask a seemingly infinite number of God-related questions. Thus, while I enjoyed this short book and found it quite humorous in places, I'm really not sure that parents will find this book all that helpful. ... Read more

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Highly recommended as a Judaic Studies curriculum supplement and instructional guide
It is a principle responsibility in Judaic theology and practice for children to be carefully instructed in the elements of their faith. In "Teach Them Diligently: A Midrash on the Jewish Educator's Year" author Bonnie K. Stevens draws upon her years of experience and expertise as a religious-school teacher to present a thoroughly 'user friendly' educational resource for parents, youth leaders, and teachers with respect to incorporating Jewish holidays with an educator's year-based curriculum by utilizing each holiday's core ideas and distinctive symbols. As the new school year begins the emphasis is on the fall holidays of Hanukkah and Tu B'Shevat, then as the months progress the Jewish holy days of Purim, Passover, and Shabbat are featured with the context of the classroom. Superbly organized and presented, "Teach Them Diligently" is highly recommended as a Judaic Studies curriculum supplement and instructional guide.

Good to have!
This book gives you insights from Jewish educators. It also offers some practical projects and strategies to improve your Jewish school. ... Read more

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Called To Teach
Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!!!!!!!!! A must for anyone who think that they are called to teach Christian Education, should be a required reading and study for Christian Education teachers and leaders.

Where uncertainity lies, this book provides clarity!
Called To Teach by William Yount is an excellent book for all interested or gaining knowledge in the field of teaching.It can be used within a diverse assortment of subfields such as Christian Education, Motivational/Inspirational Speakers, Generalized Public Speaking,Private or Ppublic Education,and Trade teaching occupations.It provides the scientific,psychological, and biblical aspects to the foundations of education incorporating the teacher and student and the roles they play as recipients or initiators.The imagery within the book are true to life scenarios so relating to the issues are almost innate.Nyack College has incorporated another book of William Yount and I will not hesitate to share what I have learned from this one. This book should be in every teachers' library.

Called to Teach
Called to Teach is not just another book for teaching method, its unique focus is based on the Christian model of teaching. Therefore teaching becomes incomplete when one knows solely on teaching, the key to thesuccessful teaching determines by the heart of the teacher. The effect ofteaching in the Lord can profoundly touch eternity. The key principle ofbecoming a successful teacher is to humble ourselves before God, a lifesubmission. The root of teaching model in book is built on the idea of¡§dynamic synergism¡¨. Dynamic synergism literally means combined elementswith a driving force. The book is consistently focused on three elements ofteaching and learning: heart, head, and hand. These elements areinseparable if one wishes to become a dynamic synergist. One thing I likethe most about the book is its emphasis on the heart of teacher, a heartthat would go beyond just teaching, rather it is a heart for life changeteaching. ... Read more

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According to Rev. McCray, it is the black young adults ages 17 to 24, especially the males, who will either make the Black Church and community or break them through their own broken lives. Here Rev. McCray presents meaningful and clear directions and workable ideas to help black youth grow into strong committed young adults. (Black Light Fellowship) ... Read more

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It's okay.
This is not a scholarly or even research based book. It is purely the experience of the author, which is pretty substantial. It is a good resource, but does not hold the scholarly underpinnings that will make it stand the test of time.

DISCIPLESHIP
THIS BOOK CERTAINLY HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. HERE WE FIND DIRECTION AND WORKABLE IDEAS TO REACH THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES. REV MCCRAY STATED FACT THAT OUR YOUTH WILL NOT COME TO THE CHURCH COMMUNITY, BUT WE NEED TO MINISTER TO THE YOUTH WHERE THEY ARE! GO INTO THE WORLD AND TEACH. IF EVERYONE WOULD TAKE ON A SERVANT ROLE, WE COULD POSITIVELY EMPOWER THE NATION THROUGH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. ... Read more

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A brilliant collection of poems, commentaries, anecdotes, and dialogues for parents seeking to address their children's growing spiritual awareness. "The very best guide I know for teaching the art of spiritual direction for children."--M. Scott Peck. ... Read more