Jesus - A Master Teacher: Translating Jesus' Generic Teaching Strategies and Methods from the 1st to the 21st Centuries

Jesus - a Master Teacher by Roy Pitcher Synopsis for cover The success of Jesus as a teacher is both proverbial and fascinating - especially for a teacher . . . but can his many strategies and methods go beyond religious teaching and be translated widely into the 21st century? That is the question Roy Pitcher asked. His positive conclusions are described in three parts. An analysis of Jesus' situation, decisions and methods. An examination of seven inter-related social psychological themes evident in his teaching. A translation and application to our contemporary scene of eight strategies and a planning model that can be applied to wide ranging age groups and areas of teaching. Its success has been evident in many contexts and deserves careful consideration.

Roy Pitcher has been a schoolteacher, educator and trainer of teachers, author, consultant, inspector of schools and educational video producer over two generations at virtually all levels in the U.K. As a Christian teacher of religious education and pupils with special needs, he was concerned to find a basis for enhancing pupil attainment through multi-method approaches. When he became a teacher trainer etc he developed the concepts and practices described here more widely across the curriculum and wrote and edited text books for schools. His qualifications were awarded by the universities of Manchester, Chester, Nottingham and the Open University. He is now actively retired and lives in Cheshire UK. He can be contacted on e.mail royol@talktalk.net. He is currently producing multi-method religious education teaching materials.