{"id":2851,"date":"2010-05-21T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2023-01-17T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T17:53:53","slug":"role-of-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/role-of-curriculum.htm","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Curriculum in Teaching the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Christian Education ministry of a church spent a lot of time researching which curriculum to choose<\/a>, resulting in a choice\u00a0they believed would\u00a0fit their church.\u00a0 With this curriculum, over the course of time, people would potentially receive a well-rounded Bible education.<\/p>\n

Teacher Reactions to the Chosen Curriculum<\/h2>\n

As they observed their teachers, they noted polar reactions to the role of the curriculum:<\/p>\n

Some teachers wouldn’t leave home without it.<\/p>\n

These were teachers who were overly reliant on the curriculum.\u00a0 They followed it to the letter, exercising little creative thought, making curriculum their all in all.\u00a0 Some even taught with the teacher’s manual in hand, reading word for word.\u00a0 If teaching didn’t go well, then they blamed the curriculum.<\/p>\n

Other teachers would rather leave it at home.<\/p>\n

These were teachers who used the curriculum begrudgingly, viewing curriculum as a noose around their necks.\u00a0 They would rather completely do their own thing but since the curriculum was required, they did just enough to make it appear like they were using the curriculum.\u00a0 If teaching didn’t go well, then they blamed it on being confined by the curriculum.<\/p>\n

Training Needed about the Role of the Curriculum and How to Use It<\/h2>\n

What the Christian Education ministry skipped in the process, was training teachers on how to use the curriculum.<\/p>\n

First, they needed to communicate why curriculum was necessary.\u00a0 It was a means of keeping students on track to potentially receive a well-rounded Biblical education.\u00a0 If teaching was not coordinated through the use of curriculum, it was possible content could be duplicated or overlapped within a short period of time and some important truths missed altogether.\u00a0 Curriculum was not a substitute for the Bible but rather a tool to teach the Bible.<\/p>\n

Second, they needed to present the curriculum as a a guide.\u00a0 While it was important to use the curriculum, it was not expected that teachers had to teach it word for word.\u00a0 At the same time, it did serve to keep everyone on track and so it was important to use it.<\/p>\n

Third, they needed to emphasize that teachers held\u00a0a critical\u00a0part in making sure the lesson went well.\u00a0 They couldn’t always blame the curriculum when teaching didn’t go well<\/a>.\u00a0 They needed to make any adjustments necessary to\u00a0insure that\u00a0the lesson plan fit their students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Christian Education ministry of a church spent a lot of time researching which curriculum to choose, resulting in a choice they believed would fit their church. . . . As they observed their teachers, they noted polar reactions to the role of the curriculum: Continue reading The Role of Curriculum in Teaching the Bible<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-education","category-teacher-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t