Called to Teach: An Introduction to the Ministry of Teaching

by William R. Yount

Written as a textbook for courses on teaching at the college and seminary level, Called to Teach actually reaches out to a much wider audience. Those considering a teaching career, homeschoolers and parents will gain valuable insight and knowledge from Yount's latest book.

Genres: Christian, Education, Nonfiction, Theology

260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Taija · Rating 5 out of 5]

So glad I had to read this! One of the most insightful books on teaching, and the call to teach that I have read. Everyone who is called to teach by Christ in any capacity should read this book, or at least a good portion.

[Obadiah Dalrymple · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book is helpful, I found it to be unnecessarily confusing. It read like one of those books that use complex / wordy sentences simply to sound academic. I read one sentence to my wife and she was like, "what in the world did that mean." A book sub-titled "An INTRODUCTION to the Ministry of Teaching" (emphasis mine) should minimize sentences that make intelligent people like my wife scratch their heads. I'm all for stretching our minds and understandings, but if that stretching is done simply out of wordiness, then I think the mark has been missed. This is the primary reason I have marked the book down. It felt too academic and wordy for a book that is intended as an introduction.

With that said, there is certainly helpful information in this book. Appealing to the cognitive, affective, and behavioral arenas of learners is a concept that can really help teachers avoid being one-dimensional. I have a tendency to only appeal to cognitive, so I have to intentionally remind myself to reach the other areas. This book helps raise awareness to those types of needs. There are also practical helps that expose new teachers to the grand scheme of their future/potential responsibilities; so I suppose it qualifies as introductory in that regard.

[Kara Mitchell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good resource

It was beneficial to walk through these concepts. I appreciate the breakdown in the example overall. The focus was a bit more on teaching than I particularly needed at this time, but may be more beneficial in the future.

[Nadiya Foster · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn’t hate it. Didn’t love it. Expected more. Read for class.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just can't read it; I have no frame of reference.

I really like this book. I like the author's writing style: his mix of academic information with personal stories. I like the way the book is organized. He makes his point easily and efficently. It is very tight and compact book.

Books on educatioin put me to sleep, but his writing is similar to what I am familiar with in religious books. It's really the perfect transition book for me.

But I just cannot read it. I skimmed it. Maybe next summer after I have a year of teaching under my belt I will revisit it.

[Brian Watson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yount's book concerns teaching in a Christian way. It's a decent book that offers good suggestions about how to teach the whole person (head, heart, hands). The book is a bit dated now, particularly in its references to technology. I doubt it ever had a large audience, though. It seems that the audience would be seminary and Christian college professors, and perhaps teachers at other, private, Christian schools. I had to read it for a Bible teaching class, but much of what Yount discusses wouldn't transfer particularly well to a church environment.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rick Yount knows teaching. I required my Bible Teaching class to read this book because it covers so much of what makes a great teacher. While Yount got me a little lost at times in his own subject matter, I found this book both inspirational and instructional. What else would you expect from Rick Yount?

[Doni Siswanto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great!!!

[Bruce Gumbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are looking for a great book about how to teach this is it. The only other book that is close is The 7 Laws of the Learner. Anyone who needs to teach Bible study classes should read this.