Nurturing and Reflective Teachers:

A Christian Approach for the 21st Century

Overview:

This Study Guide has been prepared to encourage Christians who are engaged in pre-service and in-service teacher education. Its intention is to promote and provoke, as well as assist in the development of pro-active responses to the ideas, concepts and practices developed by the authors of sections and chapters of the accompanying text:

Elliott, D., and Holtrop, S., 1999, Nurturing and Reflective Teachers: A Christian Approach for the 21^st Century, Learning Light: San Dimas, California.

This Study Guide includes:

1. General Introduction: This will assist you to focus on the purposes, nature, organisation and possible uses of the Guide;

2. Introductory Learning Activities: These are prepared in such as manner as to encourage you to engage the overall parameters and ideas of the text. These promote personal and professional preparation and readiness for the learning activities included in Section 3 below:

3. Learning Activities for each section of the text:

These focus on the general ideas developed in each of the three sections of the text and include suggested learning activities to prepare you to some of the main ideas of the section. Each section also includes (i) chapter by chapter learning activities for those who wish to work more sequentially through the text, or study selected chapters in detail. You are also, through (ii) a series of concluding activities, encouraged to reflect on and apply their own personal learning developed as a result of the studies related to the following section of the text;

• 3.1 Learning Activities for Section 1: These focus on Chapters 1 – 9 of the text.

  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9

• 3.2 Learning Activities for Section 2: These focus on Chapters 10 – 15 of the text.

Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15

• 3.3 Learning Activities for Section 3: These focus on Chapters 16 – 22 of the text.

Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22

4. Synthesising Activities: These assist you to synthesise your own personal learning outcomes that have developed as a result of your interaction with the text. Key thrusts of these learning activities will be (i) personal analysis, (ii) professional synthesis, (iii) critical reflection of the links between your personal espoused theory and your professional practice(es), and (iv) the promotion of spiritual formation in your personal life and professional practice(es).