The Professor's Puzzle: Teaching in Christian Academics

by Michael S. Lawson

Publisher:

B&H

, 2015

Overview

The Professor’s Puzzle is designed as a handbook for new and aspiring professors to help them transition from the independent research of their doctoral program to classroom teaching. Unfortunately, acquiring a Ph.D. often does not involve real preparation for teaching. One cannot assume that mastering content necessarily means one is qualified to teach it.

Drawing from years of experience training young faculty members, professor Michael S. Lawson gathers together the best of educational research and practices, leavened with the yeast of Christian theology, so that readers are equipped to put the “teaching puzzle” together. Ideal for aspiring professors in Christian higher education, as well as all who enter the teaching profession, so they may learn artful teaching and careful administration.

The following translations are available from the publisher: Chinese, German, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Key Features

• Move from the independent research of their doctoral program to classroom teaching
• Draw from Michael S. Lawson years of experience training young faculty members
• Get equipped and inspired to put the “teaching puzzle” together

Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 – A Philosophy for Christian Secondary and Higher Education
• Chapter 2 – Helping Students and Teachers Integrate Learning
• Chapter 3 – Learning Theories for the Practitioner
• Chapter 4 – Planning Skills in Syllabus Design
• Chapter 5 – Mastering Content
• Chapter 6 – Managing Skills: The Classroom Experience
• Chapter 7 – Evaluating Skills: Assessing Students, Courses, and Professors
• Chapter 8 – Instructing Skills: Using Appropriate Variety
• Chapter 9 – Relating Skills: A Particularly Christian Idea
• Chapter 10 – Institutional Realities

Product Details

• Title: The Professor's Puzzle: Teaching in Christian Academics
• Author: Michael S. Lawson
• Publisher: B&H
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Catéchistes › Formation; Christian education › Teacher training; Enseignants › Formation; Teachers › Training of; Teaching
• ISBNs: 9781430081005, 9781433684111, 9781433684104, 143368411X, 1433684101, 1430081007
• Resource ID: LLS:9781433684111
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-01-13T23:54:41Z

About Michael S. Lawson

Dr. Lawson has a special burden for developing world churches and their Christian education programs. He has devoted 21 years to Dallas Seminary and over three decades to pastoral work and Christian education. He maintains an international teaching schedule to such places as Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Caribbean, Asia, Central America, the Middle East, India, China, and Africa. In addition, Dr. Lawson developed the National Congress on Christian Education for Mexico City. Tish, his wife of over 40 years, serves as his assistant in the Christian Education department.