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Bible Stories in the Classroom: The Why and the How

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avondale-bepress.context-key6513298
avondale-bepress.submission-pathedu_papers/65
avondale.affiliateFisher, Barbara; 0000-0002-0799-2255
avondale.departmentScripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
avondale.departmentChristian Education Research Centre
avondale.facultyEducation
avondale.reporting.isPeerReviewedPeer Reviewed
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Barbara J.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:39:16Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:39:16Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-01
dc.date.submitted2015-01-08T13:37:45Z
dc.description.abstract<p>Everyone relates to stories. Stories have universal appeal. They connect people, present them with new ideas, motivate them, and challenge their thinking. As Adventist educators, we have an enormous resource of such life-changing and life-challenging stories: the Bible. Using these stories, expressed in song, poetry, drama, biography, and personal accounts, we can lead our students to discover that the Bible is not one single narrative or a novel, but a compilation of many narratives, unified in their shared concern with overarching issues of the cosmic battle between good and evil. This article deals with the why and the how of using Bible stories in the classroom.</p>
dc.identifier.citation<p>Fisher, B. (2014). Bible stories in the classroom: The why and the how. <em>The Journal of Adventist Education, 77</em>(1), 24-31.</p>
dc.identifier.issn0021-8480
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/06513298
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.provenance<p>This article was originally published as:</p> <p>Fisher, B. (2014). Bible stories in the classroom: The why and the how. <em>The Journal of Adventist Education, 77</em>(1), 24-31.</p> <p>ISSN: 0021-8480</p>
dc.relation.ispartofThe Journal of Adventist Education
dc.rights<p>Used by permission:<a href="http://jae.adventist.org/"><em>The Journal of Adventist Education&copy; </em></a></p> <p>Staff and Students of Avondale College may access the full text of this article from library PRIMO search <a href="http://www.avondale.edu.au/library">here</a>.</p> <p>This article has been adapted from a chapter in the book <em>Developing a Faith-based Education: A Teacher&copy;۪s Manual</em> (David Barlow Publishing, 2010), and is printed with permission from the publisher and author.</p>
dc.subjectmetanarratives
dc.subjectstorytelling
dc.subjectobject metanarratives
dc.subjectsubject metanarratives
dc.titleBible Stories in the Classroom: The Why and the How
dc.typeJournal Article

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