Below are the resources for Steve Beebe’s “Teaching C.S. Lewis: Chronicles of a Master Communicator,” Workshop, June 5, 2024, Presenter: Steven A. Beebe, Texas State University, Emeritus
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CCSN Summer Workshop Schedule for 2024
Workshop Schedule/Agenda
Session I (11:30 EST – 12:30 EST)
Welcome and Introduction: Overview of the course and the instructor
Session I: Teaching Lewis at Texas State
Session II: Teaching Lewis at Oxford
Session III: Lewis’s Principles of Communication
PowerPoint Presentation: My Background for Teaching C. S. Lewis
[PowerPoint #1: How I “Discovered” Lewis]
Discussion: Questions, Observations, Comments, Suggestions?
What do you want to learn?
Presentation: Overview of My Texas State Course
C. S. Lewis: Chronicles of a Master Communicator [Handout 1: Texas State Syllabus]
Unit I: The Life of Lewis: The Making of a Master Communicator
Unit II: Communication Principles and Skills (and Lewis as communicator)
Unit III: Applying Communication Principles to Lewis
Bibliography [Handout 2: Selected Lewis Bibliography]
Discussion: Questions, Observations, Comments?
What is your approach to teaching Lewis?
Break (12:40 EST – 12:50 EST)
Session II (12:40 EST – 1:40 EST)
TEACHING C. S. LEWIS AT OXFORD
Presentation: Marketing The Lewis Course @ Oxford
Poster: [Handout 3: Oxford Poster]
Course Announcement: [Handout 4: Course Announcement]
Presentation: Teaching C. S. Lewis in Oxford [Handout 5: Lewis Oxford Syllabus]
Review Syllabus: Note similarities/differences between Texas State vs. Oxford course
Discussion: Questions, Comments, Observations, Suggestions?
Presentation: How I Used Walking Tours to Teach Lewis
[PowerPoint # 2: Teaching @ Oxford]
Lewis Videos [Handout 6: Videos]
Discussion: Questions, Observations, Comments?
How do you relate Lewis to his time and place?
Presentation: Teaching “The Quest for Meaning” Course at Oxford [Handout 7: Syllabus]
[PowerPoint #3: The “Quest for Meaning” Course]
Teaching Lewis in Comparison to Other Authors/Ideas/Paradigms (e.g. Freud)
Assignments [Handout 8: Oxford Assignment Sheet Summary]
Discussion: Questions, Observations, Comments, Suggestions?
Review of Primary Assignments: [Refer to Syllabi]
Daily Discussion Questions
Informative Speech: C. S. Lewis
Research Paper (See Syllabus)
Meditation in a Toolshed Discussion Guide [Handout 9: Discussion Guide]
Discussion: Comments, Observations, Suggestions, Questions?
What Assignments Do You Use?
Break (1:40 EST – 1:50 EST)
Session III (1:50 EST – 2:50 EST)
LEWIS’S FIVE COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES (HI TEA)
Presentation: C. S. Lewis’s Five Principles of Communication [PowerPoint #4: HI TEA]
Summarize the Core Content of C. S. Lewis’s Communication Principles
- S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication
Review/Discuss Handouts:
How To Communicate Like C. S. Lewis Summary [Handout 10: Summary]
HI TEA Discussion Outline [Handout 11: Outline]
Discussion: Questions, Observations, Comments?
How do you approach Lewis as a communicator?
What are other approaches to teaching C. S. Lewis? (e.g. literature, philosophy, theology,
apologetics, science fiction, children’s literature)
What would you add to Lewis’s principles of communication?
Presentation: Teaching Lewis as a Continuing Education Course
[Handout 12: Syllabus for Continuing Education Course]
Other approaches to teaching C. S. Lewis?
Summary/Q&A