Category: Teach the Word
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Five Things With Another Veteran Pastor
FIVE resources (books, blogs, YouTube videos, websites, articles) you’d recommend for educators who teach adults. Book: 50 Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement by Rebecca Stobaugh I recently purchased this book and am happy that I did. Although written for those who teach secular subjects, the book gives examples of various learning activities that could be used in…
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Five Things with a Veteran Pastor
FIVE lessons you’ve learned or have come to appreciate more since your presentation at the 2015 Fall Symposium on what St. Augustine can teach us about adult education. One important truth is the purpose of education. To Augustine, education meant “ moving the minds of the listeners, not [simply] that they may know what is…
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Five Things With a Mission Pastor
This month we continue our series of articles entitled “Five Things.” Each month, we interview a practitioner of Christian Adult Education to learn about their educational philosophy, books they’ve read, advice they’d give to other educators, and their perspectives on teaching the Word. This month features Pastor Mike Quandt, who serves Redemption Lutheran Church in…
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Five Things With a Seminary Education Professor
This month we begin a new series of articles entitled “Five Things.” Each month, we’ll interview a practitioner of Christian Adult Education to learn about their educational philosophy, books they’ve read, advice they’d give to other educators, and their perspectives on teaching the Word. This month features Professor Tom Kock, who teaches Education at Wisconsin…
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From Passive Listening to Active Learning
Rev. Dan Schroeder lays out a 12-week plan for moving the class from passive listening to active learning Weeks 1-2Give the participants 30 seconds to write down their thoughts on a question you pose. Example: “Take 30 seconds and write down as many reasons as you can about why it’s important that we have a…
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Using Tech to Create Connections, Part Five—Connecting Student to Student
“What do you think about the Messiah?” (Matthew 22:42) With that question, Jesus—the Master Teacher—invited his disciples to both reflect on an important question and verbalize their deeply held beliefs. They would benefit not only from stating their own answers but also from hearing the answers of their fellow disciples. In other words, it was…
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Using Tech to Create Connections, Part Four—Connecting Student and Content
As Jesus was leaving the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look what impressive stones these are, and what impressive buildings!” Jesus said to him, “Do you see these large buildings? There will not be one stone here left on top of another. They will all be thrown down.” (Mark 13:1,2)…
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Using Tech to Create Connections, Part Three—Connecting Student and Content
Last month, we talked about using videos to deliver content—a technique that can be employed in both face-to-face and remote learning situations. We’re talking here about brief, three- to five-minute bursts of information delivered via video. When the teacher uses video to deliver content, he or she gains a number of potential benefits: Efficiency of…