Category: Adult Learning
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Teach the Word: Bible Instruction Class in Suburbia
This month’s Teach the Word article is by Pastor Tim Priewe. He serves as an associate pastor at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Appleton, WI, with a specific focus on worship and evangelism. He is a 2019 graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. The city of Appleton, I suppose, does not meet the technical definition of a suburb:…
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How to Best Design a Bible Study
Hook. Book. Look. Took. (H-B-L-T). No doubt more than a few readers will recognize those rhyming words as the lesson design format they were taught during their seminary education courses long ago. Recent graduates will recognize the same. That’s because H-B-L-T remains a primary framework for adult Bible study as taught at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.…
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Assessment: How Do You Know That They Know?
What do you think of when you hear the term “classroom assessment”? Do images of quizzes and tests fill your mind? Without a doubt, written response quizzes and tests can give you a window into the depth of a student’s understanding, but the introduction of these quizzes and tests might raise an eyebrow or two…
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Letter From the Editor: The Wauwatosa Theology, Vol. IV
Dear fellow servants of the Word, When Chris Cordes, the Vice President of Publishing at Northwestern Publishing House, asked me if I would write a letter to pastors announcing the release of the latest NPH professional book, The Wauwatosa Theology, Volume IV, I happily agreed to do it. I had served as the compiling editor for…
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Letter From the Editor: Deep as the Sea
Dear Brother, fellow servant of our loving Shepherd, If you haven’t yet read the book by Pastor Tim Bourman, Deep as the Sea: Letters to Survivors of Trauma, I hope you will soon. I’m confident that you will find it to be a blessing as you minister to hurting souls. If you are one of…
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Andragogical Concepts That Will Benefit Your Adult Learning Community, Part 2
Ed: Points 1-3 from Mark Luetzow can be found in the last edition of Teach the Word. 4. Adult learning happens best in a safe space. It is critical for adult learning that participants sense that they are in a safe space. Learners benefit from a manageable amount of stress and applicable risk, but their…
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Adult Education: Lessons Learned
A veteran of almost 20 years of ministry entered the classroom with a preconceived idea of what higher-level adult education (andragogy) would look like: linear and clean, organized and detailed. There were going to be tables and chairs facing one direction. At the head of the classroom there would be a podium at which the…
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Collaboration in the Adult Classroom
“Now take a couple minutes at your table to discuss this scenario and after that we’ll share our thoughts with the whole group.” Do you feel a little bit of dread in your heart when you hear those words as a student in a Bible study? Some learners love breakout groups. They dive right into…