The children were my teachers
Subtitle: the revolution in religious education
By: David B. Parke
Edition: 1st Meadville Lombard ed.
Publisher: Meadville Lombard Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780979558924
Copyright date: 1965
Subjects: Religious education of children; Unitarian churches; Education; Religious education; History; Textbooks; Curricula; Unitarian Universalist churches; New Beacon series in religious education
Description: "This is the story of how one continental religious community, the Unitarians, broke out of the lockstep of traditional, doctrine-centered pedagogy and invented a new appraoch to religious education based on the needs and interests of children. Affirming the humanity of Jesus, the religious valisity of non-biblical experience, and the principle of growth as both the means and end of education, the Unitarians created a curriculum that children loved, parents welcomes, and was adopted by numerous Protestant, Jewish, and humanist families and congregations"--P. [4] pbk. cover.
Notes: Revised version of the author's thesis (Doctoral--Boston University, 1965) titled: The historical and religious antecedents of the New Beacon Series in Religious Education (1937).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-312).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Historical survey; title: The Beacon curricula of 1909 and 1912; title: Dissatisfaction and reform : the pre-history of the New Beacon Series; title: The contribution of Angus H. MacLean; title: The contribution of Ernest W. Kuebler; title: The contribution of Sophia Lyon Fahs; title: The contribution of others; title: The creation of the New Beacon Series; title: Conclusions.