Comments on: Unapologetic http://www.ubfriends.org/2015/10/12/unapologetic/ for friends of University Bible Fellowship Wed, 21 Oct 2015 04:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: Ben Toh http://www.ubfriends.org/2015/10/12/unapologetic/#comment-19721 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:46:06 +0000 http://www.ubfriends.org/?p=9675#comment-19721 My thought is that if one truly has heart, they would master their subject (for the sake of giving his/her students the best content). But one could master the subject without heart.

]]> By: MJ Peace http://www.ubfriends.org/2015/10/12/unapologetic/#comment-19720 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:23:23 +0000 http://www.ubfriends.org/?p=9675#comment-19720 I just listened to a podcast about a guy, John Corcoran, who taught for 17 years, but didn’t know how to read or write. That’s an example of a teacher who had heart, but not expertise.
http://www.johncorcoranfoundation.org/about/corcoran/

But I think that claim is subject specific. At the college level there needs to be a threshold of expertise, but what determines that level, I don’t know. That book sounds good. Teaching takes a lot of courage!

]]> By: Ben Toh http://www.ubfriends.org/2015/10/12/unapologetic/#comment-19718 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:59:40 +0000 http://www.ubfriends.org/?p=9675#comment-19718 Probably all teachers (including Bible teachers) should read Parker Palmer, author, educator and activist. Courage To Teach is the book I read. This is likely an oversimplification but the gist of his teaching is that the heart of the teacher (and the genuine love for his/her student) is crucial and the most important factor in teaching, far more so that his or her expertise in the subject being taught.

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