Recommended: Richards, Lawrence and Gary Bredfeldt. Creative Bible Teaching, Revised Edition. Chicago: Moody Press, ISBN:

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1 NOTE: PRECOURSE ASSIGNMENT I. Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful Read chapters 1 through 7. Respond to each of the following questions (one doublespaced typed page each) that appear on: 1. Question 1 on p Question 1 on p Question 3 on p Question 4 on p Question 1 on p Question 3 on p Question 7 on p. 207 Ready to hand them in as one packet (i.e., stapled total of 7 pages) at the beginning of the first session. II. A Many Colored Kingdom Read Introduction and chapters 1 through 3. EM 502 The Educational Ministry of the Church May 1923, 2014 GordonConwell Theological Seminary, Hispanic Program in Nassau, Bahamas S. Steve Kang: sskang@gcts.edu (and em502emc@gmail.com ) Course Description: This course provides a broad overview of the critical issues concerning the teaching ministry of the church. Students will be challenged to develop a philosophy of educational ministry with a focus on Christian formation. (From the GCTS 2012 catalog) This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of educational ministry, particularly as it is practiced within a Christian formational education framework. This course will proceed in a twofold process: First, the introduction to and analysis of the foundational issues in educational ministry. Second, the exploration of the issues related to conceptualizing, planning, and executing educational ministry where the whole church is considered as the curriculum for the formation of the people of God. This course aims to encourage students to engage in meaningful praxis by providing ample opportunities for students to (1) explore and design educational experiences based on the theories explored in class, (2) engage in various experiential teachinglearning opportunities, and (3) facilitate meaningful educational experiences and reflect on those experiences. The class is intended to foster a sense of the learning community so as to simulate the possible vocational ministry settings faced by students upon graduation. Course Texts: Required: CondeFrazer, Elizabeth, S. Steve Kang, and Gary Parrett. A Many Colored Kingdom. Grand Rapids: Baker, Parrett, Gary and Steve Kang. Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful. Downers Grove: IVP, ISBN: Recommended: Richards, Lawrence and Gary Bredfeldt. Creative Bible Teaching, Revised Edition. Chicago: Moody Press, ISBN:

2 Course Outline: Date Topic Reading & Assignment 5/19M 6 10PM - Introduction to the Course - Purpose of Educational Ministry (EM) I 5/20T - Purpose of EM II - Proclamation in EM I 5/21W - Proclamation in EM II 5/22R - People in EM I TFFF, chs.89 Respond to both Q3 (ch.8) on p.234 & Q3 (ch.9) on p.263 in TFFF. 5/23F 8AM5PM - People in EM II - Process of EM I 5/24Sa 8AM1PM - Process of EM II - Closure Jot down at least three to four salient points for each of the 4 P s namely, purpose, proclamation, people, & process, as if you were coming up with a very rough outline of the EMC Framework Project. 6/27F Educational Formation Ministry Framework Project Due Course Expectations: PreCourse Assignment (30%): See above Classroom Attendance, Participation, Reading notes (30%) Students should be ready during each class period to (1) recall the major tenets of the readings and be able to reflect the readings theologically and ethically; (2) raise questions pertaining to the readings and brainstorm educational/ministerial implications on the readings; and (3) actively participate in classroom activities and promote and maintain the learning community in class. To facilitate such participation, students are to come prepared with a one singlespaced page notes based on the assigned reading for each day. Students are not allowed to add anything to the notes throughout the day, but to hand in the daily notes at the end of each day. EMC Framework Project (40%) After having read the course texts in their entirety, and by carefully interacting with the course texts (with copious quotations/citations of the relevant quotes) and classroom materials/experiences students are to conceptualize/articulate his/her overarching & integrative framework of educational formation ministry using the 4 P s namely, purpose, proclamation, people, & process. The project should be no more than 5 singlespaced pages demonstrating the student s understanding of the integration and confluence of the 4 P s of educational formation ministry. The student is then to design a chart/diagram/drawing that summarizes his/her EMC Framework in an attractive manner. Students are to send the paper electronically (with the student s name and course number as the title of the document ex., ShinEugene EMCFramework.pdf.pdf only) to the instructor (em502emc@gmail.com) by 11:59pm on June 27 (Friday). Important! Late Papers will be docked a letter grade for each day they are late. No exceptions. 2

3 Observe the page and/or word limit when writing papers. Copious citations of sources are expected in all the assignments. All citations (footnotes) should be in Turabian* format. *See Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6 th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, Footnotes: o First Footnote: 1 Gary Parrett and Steve Kang, Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful (Downers Grove: IVP, 2009), 145. o Subsequent footnotes: 2 Parrett and Kang, TFFF, 201. Bibliography: Parrett, Gary, and Steve Kang, Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful. Downers Grove: IVP, We are members of an academic community with high scholarly standards, a commitment to pursuing truth, a recognition that our actions affect others in the community and seeking to follow Jesus example of integrity and truthfulness. Academic honesty is essential for establishing and maintaining the trust that is fundamental to the educational process. Examples of academic dishonesty, which will result in disciplinary action, most pertinent to this class include, but are not limited to: CHEATING: Using unauthorized material or unauthorized help from another person in any work or examination submitted for academic credit. FABRICATION: Inventing information, citations, reporting participation in activities never done, or inflating the effort put in and/or the effect of various selfreported spiritual activities. FACILITATING ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Providing unauthorized material or information to another person. PLAGIARISM: Representing the work of another as one's own without acknowledging the source. MISREPRESENTATION. Giving the impression of having done more significant work than you actually did. Examples include: padding references with works not consulted, doing less than your fair share on a group project. Bibliography: Astley, Jeff. The Philosophy of Christian Religious Education. Birmingham, AL: REP, Astley, Jeff and Francis, Leslie J., eds. Christian Perspectives on Faith Development: A Reader. Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright; Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, Critical Perspectives on Christian Education: A Reader on the Aims, Principles and Philosophy of Christian Education. Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright, Astley, Jeff; Francis, Leslie J. and Crowder, Colin, eds. Theological Perspectives on Christian Formation: a Reader on Theology and Christian Education. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, Belenky, Mary. et al. Women s Ways of Knowing. New York: Basic Books, Boys, Mary. Educating in Faith: Maps and Visions. San Francisco: Harper and Row, Brueggemann, Walter. The Creative Word: Canon as a Model for Biblical Education. Philadelphia: Fortress, Bunge, Marcia J. (ed.). The Child in Christian Thought. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, Burgess, Harold W. Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Practice. Nappanee, Ind.: Evangel Publishing House, Bushnell, Horace. Christian Nurture. Grand Rapids: Baker, Carroll, Colleen. The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy. Chicago: Loyola Press, Coles, Robert. The Spiritual Life of Children. London: HarperCollins, Dawn, Marva. Is It a Lost Cause?: Having the Heart of God for the Church's Children. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, Dryden, Gordon and Jeannette Vos. The Learning Revolution. Torrance: The Learning Web, Dykstra, Craig. Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian practices. Louisville: Geneva, Dykstra, Robert, Allan Hugh Cole, Jr., and Donald Capps. Losers, Loners, And Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles 3

4 of Boys. Louisville: WJK, Eisner, Elliot W. The Educational Imagination: On the Design and Evaluation of School Programs. 2 nd ed. New York: Macmillan, Elias, John L. Conscientization and Deschooling!: Freire s and Illich s Proposals for Reshaping Society. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, Foster, Charles R. Educating Congregations: The Future of Christian Education. Nashville: Abingdon, Fowler, James W. Faithful Change: the personal and public challenges of postmodern life. Nashville: Abingdon, Stages of Faith: the psychology of human development and the quest for meaning. San Francisco: Harper & Row, Francis, Leslie J. and Astley, Jeff, eds. Children, Churches and Christian Learning. London: SPCK, 2002 Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum, Gardner, Howard. Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books, Groome, Thomas. Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision. New York: JosseyBass, Sharing Faith: A Comprehensive Approach to Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. San Francisco: Harper & Row, Guder, Darrell. A Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, Gutek, Gerald. L. Cultural Foundations of Education. New York: Macmillan, Knight, George. Issues & Alternatives in Educational Philosophy, 2 nd ed. Berrien Spring: AUP, Harmless, William. Augustine and the Catechumenate. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, Harris, M. Fashion Me a People. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, Harris, M. Women and Teaching. New York: Paulist Press, Hendricks, H. Teaching to Change Lives. Portland: Multnomah, Heschel, Abraham J. Between God and Man. New York: The Free Press, Joyce, Bruce, and Marsha Weil with Emily Calhoun. Models o f teaching, 7th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, LeBar, Lois E. Education That Is Christian. Updated by James E. Plueddemann. Wheaton: Victor Books, LeFever, Marlene. Learning Styles. Colorado Springs: Cook, Lines, Timothy Arthur. Functional Images of the Religious Educator. Birmingham, Ala.: REP, Little, Sara. To Set One s Heart: Belief and Teaching in the Church. Atlanta, Georgia: John Knox Press, Loder, James E. The Transforming Moment. 2 nd ed. Colorado Springs: Helmers & Howard, Maas, Robin and O Donnell, Gabriel, eds. Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church. Nashville: Abingdon, McAdams, D. The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self. New York: Morrow, Melchert, Charles F. Wise Teaching: Biblical Wisdom and Educational Ministry. Harrisburg, PA.: TPI, Miller, Patricia. Theories of Developmental Psychology. 4 th Edition. New York: Worth Publisher, Moore, Mary Elizabeth. Teaching from the Heart: theology and educational method. Harrisburg: TPI, Teaching as a Sacramental Act. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, Nelson, C. Ellis. How Faith Matures. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, Osmer, Richard. A Teachable Spirit: Recovering the Teaching Office in the Church. Louisville: W/JKP, Osmer, Richard R. and Schweitzer, Friedrich. Religious Education between Modernization and Globalization: New Perspectives in the United States and Germany. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, Palmer, Parker. J. Courage to Teach. San Francisco: JosseyBass, Parks, Sharon. The Critical Years: The Young Adult Search for a Faith to Live by. New York: Harper & Row, Pazmiño, Robert W. By What Authority Do We Teach? Grand Rapids: Baker, Foundational Issues in Christian Education: An Introduction in Evangelical Perspective, 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, God Our Teacher: Theological Basics in Christian Education. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, Principles & Practices of Christian Education: An Evangelical Perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker, Petersen, Michael L. With All Your Mind: A Christian Philosophy of Education. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press,

5 Reed, Ronald & Tony Johnson. Philosophical Documents in Education. White Plains: Longman, Seymour, Jack. L. and D. E. Miller. Contemporary Approaches to Christian Education. Nashville: Abingdon, Seymour, Jack L., ed. Mapping Christian Education: Approaches to Congregational Learning. Nashville: Abingdon, The Heidelberg Catechism: A New Translation for the Twentyfirst Century. Barrett Lee, translator. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, Tye, Karen. Your Calling as a Teacher. St. Louis: Chalice, Vella, Jane. Learning to Listen Learning to Teach. San Francisco: JosseyBass, Westerhoff, John. Will Our Children Have Faith?, Revised Edition. Harrisburg: Morehouse, Westerhoff, John H. III and Edwards, O. C. Jr. A Faithful Church: Issues in the History of Catechesis. Wilton, CT: MorehouseBarlow Co., Wiggins, George. and J. McTighe. Understanding by Design. Alexandria: ASCD, Wilhoit, James. Christian Education: The Search for Meaning, 2 nd. Grand Rapids: Baker, Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered: Growing in Christ through Community. Grand Rapids: Baker, Wilhoit, James. and J. Dettoni, eds. Nurture That Is Christian. Wheaton: Victor Books, Wimberley, Anne Streaty. Soul Stories: African American Christian Education. Nashville: Abingdon, Wolterstorff, Nicholas P. Educating for Responsible Action. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,