Jared Dees
Autor/a de 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator
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Jared Dees, creator of the popular website The Religion Teacher, shares practical, easy-to-use teaching strategies and exercises for spiritual growth. These components are designed to improve the effectiveness of any busy religious educator, whether volunteer or professional, grade school or high mostra'n més school. mostra'n menys
Obres de Jared Dees
To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach: The Essential Guide to Ministry in Today's Catholic Church (2016) 23 exemplars
The Lumen Fidei (Light of Faith) Study Guide: A Companion to Pope Francis's First Encyclical (2013) 5 exemplars
15-Minute Stations of the Cross for Kids: Meditations and Prayers for the Home, Church, or School (2022) 2 exemplars
The Religion Teacher's Guide to Lesson Planning 1 exemplars
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Dees advocates a different approach, beginning with the actual goal of catechesis. While much of modern religious education seeks to transmit theological information, Dees (citing Matthew 28) puts the focus squarely on “making disciples,” a very different task.
To facilitate this goal, Dees utilizes the steps of lectio divina — lectio, meditatio, oratio, and contemplatio — and adepts them to catechetical lesson planning. In preparing each lesson catechists are encouraged to lead students towards an encounter with Jesus through a multifaceted learning approach:
1. Learn: What does this teaching mean?
2. Meditate: What is Christ saying to me?
3. Pray: What can I say to Christ in response?
4. Contemplate: What conversion of mind, heart, and life is Christ asking of me?
5. Act: How will I make my life a gift for others?
The main body of the book is guidance for each of these steps, with specific strategies and lesson ideas outlined. For instance, the contemplatio step suggests using the Jesus Prayer, icons, and Eucharistic Adoration, and music to help students experience a conversion of heart connected to the subject of the lesson.
Jared Dees continues to be one of the most innovative and practical catechetical leaders working today and, like his previous books, "Christ in the Classroom" is a treasury of advice for new and veteran religion teachers. I highly recommend it for catechists, religion teachers, and catechetical leaders.
NB: I received a free review copy of this book from Ave Maria Press.… (més)