IST 2053
November 28 – December 2, 2016
(Winter Quarter 2012)
Mon – Fri 9:30 – 12:30, Mon, Tues, Thurs 1:30 -2:45
Jane E. Vennard
Description:
Teaching is an integral part of ministry in any setting. We do not have to be before a classroom of students to experience the power of the teaching/learning experience. Teaching moments appear in many forms. This class will explore the basic ingredients in the art of teaching: respect of students, love of subject, claiming authority, using personal language, and growing in self-awareness. The class is experiential and will include large and small group work, personal reflection, dialogue and a variety of spiritual practices.
Goals:
Students participating fully and completing this course can expect to:
their call to ministry.
that lead to teaching authentically.
landscapes so that they will be able to teach with integrity.
Bibliography
Required:
Housden, Roger Ten Poems to Set You Free (New York NY: Harmony Books, 2003)
Palmer, Parker J. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation (San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000)
Vennard, Jane E. Teaching – The Sacred Art: The Joy of Opening Minds & Hearts (Woodstock VT: Skylight Paths, 2016)
Additional Resources
Burgess, Dave ( Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator ( San Diego CA: Dave Burgess Consulting, INC., 2012)
Garber, Steven Visions of Vocation : Common Grace For the Common Good ( Downers Grove IL: IVP Books, 2014)
Gardner, Howard Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (New York: Basic Books, 1983)
_______ Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons (New York: Basic Books, 2006)
Harding, Vincent and Ikeda, Daisaku America Will Be! Conversations on Hope, Freedom, and Democracy (Cambridge MA: Dialogue Path Press, 2013)
Hahn, Celia Allison Growing in Authority, Relinquishing Control: A New Approach to Faithful Leadership (Herndon VA: The Alban Institute 1994)
Keizer, Garret Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher (New York NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2014)
Rahman, Jamal Sacred Laughter of the Sufis: Awakening the Soul with the Mulla’s Comic Teaching Stories & Other Islamic Wisdom (Woodstock VT: Skylight Paths, 2014)
Vennard, Jane E. A Praying Congregation: The Art of Teaching Spiritual Practice (Herndon VA: The Alban Institute, 2005)
Schedule of Topics and Homework:
Monday:
Introductions
To the course
Requirements
Expectations
To each other
Faith tradition and Iliff experience
What are you looking for?
A little about my teaching experience and what I have learned from teaching
Remembering authentic teachers
Attitudes
Behaviors
Exploration of terms
Call
Vocation
Sacred
Structure of the teaching/learning process
The teacher within the student
The learner within the teacher
Subject centered curriculum
Creating a hospitable environment
Welcoming
Setting boundaries
Letting go
Homework
Read: Palmer – chapter I, Vennard – introduction and chapter 1, Housden – choose one poem and following essay
Reflect: What are your experiences of authenticity?
Tuesday
The theory of multiple intelligences
Identifying our areas of strength and weakness
Recognizing intelligence in others
Teaching to multiple intelligences
Claiming our authority
Letting go of control
Sharing responsibility
A new image of power
Guided meditation
Homework
Read: Palmer – chapter 2, Vennard – chapter 3 and 5, Housden
another poem and essay
Reflect: Where in your life might you claim your authority by
letting go of control?
Wednesday
Using sacred language
Stories
Images
Questions
The “third thing”
Invitation to the inner landscape
Paying attention – becoming aware
Listening to your life
Spiritual practice
Homework
Read: Palmer – chapter 3, Vennard – chapter 4, Housden – another poem and essay Be prepared to share one of the poems that have aided your self understanding
Reflect: Where might you need to listen to your life?
Thursday
Teaching with integrity
Recognizing gifts and limitations
On the way to authenticity
Guided meditation
Using poetry for self exploration
A “third” thing
Sharing
Homework
Read: Palmer – chapter 5, Vennard – chapter 6 and 7, Housden – another poem
Reflect:
Friday
Exploring the truth of Lao-tzu
Finding our own unique gifts
Cultivating the attitudes that lead to authentic teaching
Parting ritual
Homework
Continue reading…..
Reflection paper due the end of Winter Quarter
Course Expectations:
Regular attendance, class participation, evening reading, evening reflection not to be written but prepared for discussion the following day. A final reflection paper of no more than 10 pages will be due the end of winter quarter and sent via WORD document to jvennard@iliff.edu . Class will be taken pass/fail.
Degree Learning Goals:
This class contributes to the following degree learning goals for the MDiv:
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4.6 Establish an effective presence as a leader in the vocational context to which they feel called, and demonstrate adequate self-awareness of their characteristic styles of interaction, commitments, strengths and limitations as they move into new contexts
4.7 To clearly interpret one's beliefs and behavior to the community one serves
Teaching Authentically Outline 10 16.doc
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