I suppose the most honest answer would be that I have a teaching book in me that must be written. Through seminary studies and practical teaching experiences He began to put together the pieces of the answer. Over the past twenty years I ve shared my heart and mind with Sunday School teachers in church and state conferences, through video tape and in the seminary classroom. But beyond the driving desire to get this book out of my heart and head and onto paper, there is another reason. Here s what I mean.
Books are by nature two-dimensional and sequential.
We read them page by page over time. By the time readers study methods like lecture, question and answer, small group discussion, they may well have forgotten most of what we learned about objectives. Or worse, it s a nice pithy saying by which we send learners off into the world until the next class session. Even the best books are two-dimensional and sequential. Unlike books, teaching is four-dimensional and global.