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Jesus as a Teacher: A Multidisciplinary Case Studyreviewed by Nick L. Smith - 1995 Title: Jesus as a Teacher: A Multidisciplinary Case Study Author(s): James T. Dillon Publisher: International Scholars Publications, Location Unknown ISBN: 1883255740, Pages: , Year: 1995 Search for book at Amazon.com By studying master teachers we can learn
about teaching. By applying modern conceptions of teaching,
learning, competency, and effectiveness in the study of historical
master teachers, we learn not only about the master teacher, but
also about the limits of our current conceptions. In Jesus as a
Teacher: A Multidisciplinary Case Study, James T. Dillon presents a
scholarly, highly original analysis that leads inexorably to an
intellectually honest and nonpatronizing view of Jesus as a
teacher. The book provides new insight into the high competence of
Jesus as a teacher, confronts us with the meager evidence of his
teaching effectiveness, and illustrates the limited scope of our
present conceptions of teaching and learning.
Dillon poses eight questions, each of which serves as a subtitle
for a chapter. The eight chapters can be grouped into three sets:
three largely descriptive chapters that discuss "Who was Jesus?"
(Chapter 1), "Where and when did Jesus teach?" (Chapter 3), and
"Who were the people taught by Jesus?" (Chapter 4); three... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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