{"product_id":"teaching-across-cultures-contextualizing-education-for-global-mission-paperback","title":"Teaching Across Cultures: Contextualizing Education for Global Mission - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames E. Plueddemann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDuane H. Elmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutreach\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Resource of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn our globalized world, ideas are constantly being exchanged between people of different cultural backgrounds. But educators often struggle to adapt to the contexts of diverselearners. Some focus so much on content delivery that they overlook crosscultural barriers to effective teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducator and missiologist James Plueddemann offers field-tested insights for teaching across cultural differences. He unpacks howdifferent cultural dynamics may inhibit learning and offers a framework for integrating conceptual ideas into practical experience. He provides a model of teaching as pilgrimage, where the aim is not merely the mastery of information but the use ofknowledge to foster the development of the pilgrim learner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlueddemann's crosscultural experience shows how teachers can make connections between content and context, bridging truth and life. Those who teach in educational institutions, mission organizations, churches, and other ministries will find insights here for transformational crosscultural learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames E. Plueddemann (PhD, Michigan State), now retired, taught for many years as professor of missions at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He also previously served as the chair of the educational ministries department at Wheaton College. Heis the author of \u003ci\u003eLeading Across Cultures: Effective Ministry and Mission in the Global Church\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuane H. Elmer (PhD, Michigan State) has taught in over seventy-five countries and has provided cross-cultural training to Fortune 500 companies, relief and development agencies, mission organizations, churches, and educational institutions. He previously served as director of the PhD program in educational studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has also conducted peace and reconciliation efforts in several countries. His books include \u003ci\u003eCross-Cultural Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCross-Cultural Connections\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCross-Cultural Servanthood\u003c\/i\u003e. The Elmers live in Winfield, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 27, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45675134287916,"sku":"9780830852215","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/7E9XVwyTaf9780830852215.webp?v=1781764230","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/teaching-across-cultures-contextualizing-education-for-global-mission-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}