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Discipleship Across the Lifespan

Discipleship Across the Lifespan. Trinity International University Class #5. Producing Change. What is learning?. Change in…. Thinking Feeling Behavior. Not merely information. In/Formation. But…. Learning Styles. Visual. No single learning style is “better”

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Discipleship Across the Lifespan

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  1. Discipleship Across the Lifespan Trinity International University Class #5

  2. Producing Change What is learning?

  3. Change in… • Thinking • Feeling • Behavior

  4. Not merely information In/Formation But…

  5. Learning Styles Visual • No single learning style is “better” • Instructors tend to utilize their own learning style Aural Reading Kinesthetic

  6. Community of Faith as the Learning Environment

  7. Thomas Groome Professor of theology and religious education at Boston College • Shared Christian Praxis: An interaction with the biblical text through the lens of personal experience • Theology critiques experience and experience critiques theology

  8. Lawrence Richards Author; taught at Wheaton, Princeton, & Talbot • A Christian education must be derived first and foremost from our theology • Socialization as a mode of education taken from the Bible and its community of faith • Faith is more “caught” than taught • We learn best through relationships

  9. Small Group Exercise Share the information in your papers on Experiential Learning. To what similar conclusions did you arrive? What different conclusions did you suggest?

  10. Discussion Questions • How did Christ allow for experiential learning? • How does your local church allow for experiential learning?

  11. What gets you excited? If you are not excited about Christ, your students will not be excited either

  12. There is a corollary between… Compassion Motivation And seeing the multitudes, He felt compassion for them… (Matthew 9:36)

  13. There is a corollary between… Compassion Motivation We love, because He first loved us (1 John 4:19)

  14. Don’t destroy your students

  15. All teaching begins at the feeling level― Howard Hendricks

  16. Credibility precedes Communication People do not care what you think until they think you care

  17. You can impress people at a distance; you can only impact them close up.― Howard Hendricks

  18. Principles of Teaching Children • Children are not "empty vessels." They come to school with previous experience and insights. • Children want to learn. The natural curiosity of children can be used to help them learn without presenting material as a lesson. • Children learn best when using a range of senses. • Children like to copy ― They need good role models

  19. Principles of Teaching Children • Children need to learn information that is relevant. Learning needs to be related to a child's environment. • Children need praise. • Children love to play. Playing can be an active form of learning.

  20. Small Group Exercise Put together a lesson plan for an one hour age-specific teaching event in your church, taking into account how your particular age group is able to learn

  21. Preschool (3-5 Years Old) • Short interest span • Vocabulary increasing at various levels • Thinking is concrete & literal • Group learners ― want to do things with people • Want adult approval • Full of wonder • Credulous • Strong play interest

  22. Early Elementary Children • Wide range of reading abilities • Concrete thinkers • Conversational • Concerned about right & wrong • Fascinated with heaven & God • Appreciation of supernatural • Desire for love & security

  23. Upper Elementary Children • Strong group instinct (clubs, teams) • Hero worship • Sense of humor; giggling • Logical thinking • Love for facts • Concerns for home life, especially in context of separation or divorce

  24. Middle Schoolers • Profound emphasis on peer relationships • Physical changes (physical and internal) • Gradual shift from concrete to abstract thinking • Ability to reflect on one’s own thoughts & actions • Lacks self-control of emotions • Usually self-conscious • Looking for a model ― a hero

  25. High Schoolers • Outgrowing awkwardness • Concerned about sexuality • Profound influence of social group • Enjoys argument & debate • Continuing shift toward abstract thinking • His religion is personal • Able to appreciate an atmosphere of worship • His doubts about his faith may increase

  26. Small Group Exercise • Lesson Objective • Biblical Foundation • Lesson Content • Teaching • Methodologies Put together a lesson plan for an one hour age-specific teaching event in your church, taking into account how your particular age group is able to learn

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