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Effective Teaching Techniques for Biblical Education

Learn key strategies to teach different kinds of knowledge and skills related to the Bible, including factual knowledge, scripture memorization, and teaching skills. Discover practical methods to help children understand, organize, and internalize biblical concepts, events, and rules.

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Effective Teaching Techniques for Biblical Education

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  1. Chapter 13 Getting it in Their Heads to Stay

  2. Different Kinds of Knowledge Knowledge includes: • Facts • Books of the Bible in order • Concepts • Righteousness by faith • Events • How sin began and how God responded • Rules • God’s rules for living

  3. Different Kinds of Knowledge Skills include: • How to pray • How to study the Bible • How to find texts in the Bible • How to share our fait with others

  4. Teaching Factual Knowledge Learning factual knowledge involves three steps: • Build understanding • Organize the new knowledge • Internalize, or memorize

  5. Helping Children Build Understanding • KQL • List what they already know (K) • Create questions about the topic (Q) • After the lesson is completed, list what they learned (L)

  6. KQL Graphic Organizer on Moses

  7. Helping Children Build Understanding • Using the senses • Three-minute Pause • Teacher talk • Explain to a partner what they learned • Ask any questions they have • Next segment of teacher talk

  8. Teaching fuzzy concepts • Use organizers to help children describe the concept in words they understand. • The Web • The T-chart

  9. Helping Children Organize Their Knowledge • One of the easiest ways to organize learning is with a graphic organizer. • KQL • T-Chart • Web • These graphic organizers help children understand and organize factual knowledge.

  10. Helping Children Memorize Scripture • How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word (Psalm 119:9, NIV)

  11. Helping Children Memorize Scripture • I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you (Psalm 119:11, NIV)

  12. Helping Children Memorize Scripture • Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have (1 Peter 3:15, NIV)

  13. Helping Children Memorize Scripture • Choose a Bible version • Be a model for your students • Focus on meaning and memorization

  14. Helping Children Memorize Scripture To help children grasp the meaning of the Bible verse: • Ask open-ended questions • Most important words and why • Paraphrase the verse • Insert their name • Create a skit about the meaning of the verse

  15. Helping Children Memorize Scripture • Fun ideas • First Letters • Fill in the blanks • Key words • Use visuals • Use body motions • Create a flow chart • Use music or rhythm

  16. Teaching Skills • Three steps for teaching skills • Create a model • Shape and refine the model • Practice for mastery

  17. Creating a Model for a Skill • Written list of steps • Demonstrate • Think aloud

  18. Shaping and Refining a Skill • Point out common errors • Identify common variations

  19. Internalizing a Skill • Massed practice • Distributed practice • Chart progress

  20. Keys to Teaching Knowledge and Skills • Factual knowledge • Facts, concepts, events, and rules • Skills • Things children learn how to do • Three steps for learning factual knowledge • (1) Build understanding • (2) Organize knowledge • (3) Memorize

  21. Keys to Teaching Knowledge and Skills • Fuzzy concepts (abstract ideas) • More difficult to understand • Require special techniques • Three steps for learning skills • (1) Building a mental model • (2) Refining the steps • (3) Practicing the steps • Reflecting and reviewing help make learning permanent

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