An Introduction to Christian Education
EL1515 / Fall 2008
Online beginning the second half of fall term
Each week keyed to assignments starting on Wednesday
Overview . Personal/Group Learning . Schedule . Goals . Requirements . FeAutor . Portfolio . Info . Texts . Resources . Expectations . Etiquette . Absences . Evaluation/Grading . Tech Requirements
Group Summaries
Focus on Introductions . Sunday school mornings . I love to tell the story . Praying by heart . Our daily bread . For Thine is the kingdom .
Cluster questions . Bible . Ritual . History . Learning . Assessment
10 December 2008 / For thine is the kingdom
A prayer for our final week together.
A look backwards at our discussion last week.
This week we return to the curriculum of koinonia, and conclude our time together. Our focus situation for this week is a little bit longer than most, because it's the documentary film A Time for Burning. This is an extraordinary film which earned an Academy Award nomination in 1986. It tells the story of a very difficult time in the history of the US. Although it focuses on two Lutheran churches in Nebraska, I think it's relevant to many other denominational settings. I hope that when you watch it, you consider doing so with other people, thus sharing the experience.
This week, when your group uses the cluster questions to engage the situation, I want you to do something a bit different. I'd like you to imagine yourself as the educational leader at the churches in question, and think about what you would do next. In other words, take the situation in the film and use the various cluster questions to investigate it. What can you learn about the situation using these questions? And then, what would you do next, if you were in one of those churches? This is a chance to practice your diagnostic skills, and your prescriptive skills, to think together about what educational leadership might look like in a concrete situation.
Individual assignment
By Tuesday, comment on one of the group summaries (in a way that is more than simply a "verbal bouquet") or post to the full class discussion thread for the week at MyLutherNet.
After our final discussion ends, please fill out the final course evaluation form and email it to Victoria Smith (her email address is on the top of the form, and I will not see it until I have completed grades.) Please note: this is our last week of class, so if you have any questions about your Feautor review and contribution, or about the portfolio assignment -- NOW is the time to make sure you've asked them!
Cluster question assignments
Group one : Ritual
Group two : History
Group three : Learning
Group four : Assessment
Group five : Bible
Your small group summary is due on Saturday, posted to the course blog.
A final look backward, at this week's conversation and the class more generally.
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