Mapping Out Curriculum in Your Church: Cartography for Christian Pilgrims

by James R. Estep (Editor), M. Roger White (Editor), Karen L. Estep (Editor)

Overview

This new book from top Christian education professionals integrates biblical foundations, educational theory, and practical insights into a new curriculum formation approach for the local church. Uniquely identifying curriculum as a means of ministry through the metaphor of mapmaking, it shows how believers are lost along the spiritual journey without a study plan, having no clear destination or reliable path to follow toward maturity.

Detailing the theological, educational, and pastoral dimensions that make a curriculum Christian, the text is arranged into four sections: (1) rationale for curriculum, (2) curricular foundations, (3) curricular theory, and (4) the practice of curriculum.

Covering areas from children’s ministry to adult education, contributors include editors James R. Estep, Karen L. Estep, and Roger White as well as Holly Allen, Mark H. Senter III, Michael S. Wilder, Timothy Paul Jones, and Brett Robbe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433677472
Publisher:	B&H Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

James R. Estep is professor of Christian Education at Lincoln Christian University in Lincoln, Illinois.


M. Roger White is a professor in the Graduate Ministry and University Libraries departments at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California.

Karen L. Estep is associate professor of Teacher Education at Lincoln Christian University.

Table of Contents

Dedication v

Introduction James Riley Estep Jr. 1

Section I Curriculum Introduction

Chapter 1 Wherever You Go, There You Are: The Need for Educational Maps in the Church James Riley Estep Jr. 9

Section II Curriculum Foundations

Chapter 2 Orienting to True North: Biblical Perspectives on Curriculum Roger White 25

Chapter 3 Navigating with a Compass: Theological Perspectives on Curriculum James Riley Estep Jr. 45

Chapter 4 Learning from Archival Maps: Historical Perspectives on Curriculum Roger White 67

Chapter 5 Following Topographical Details: Learning Theory and Curriculum Karen Lynn Estep 89

Section III Curriculum Theory

Chapter 6 Analyzing Trailheads: Curriculum Theorizing Roger White 117

Chapter 7 Surveying the Local Terrain: Curriculum Development Karen Lynn Estep 133

Chapter 8 Identifying Locations and Destinations: Purposes, Goals, and Objectives Roger White 159

Chapter 9 Charting the Course: Curriculum Design Karen Lynn Estep 181

Chapter 10 Checking the Legend and Assessing the Journey Curriculum Evaluation Karen Lynn Estep James Riley Estep Jr. 201

Chapter 11 Supervising Tour Group Itineraries: Administering Curriculum James Riley Estep Jr. 221

Section IV Curriculum Practice

Chapter 12 Curriculum and Children's Ministry Holly Allen 239

Chapter 13 An Afghan Church and an Emerging Youth Ministry Curriculum Mark H. Senter III 253

Chapter 14 All Grown Up or Not: Shaping Adult Education Curriculum in the Church Michael S. Wilder 267

Chapter 15 Family Life Curriculum Timothy Paul Jones 281

Chapter 16 Purchasing Ready-to-Use Curriculum Bret Robbe 299

Contributors 315

Name Index 317

Subject Index 323