Category: Teach the Word

  • Teach the Word: Some Basics for Bible Information Class

    Teach the Word: Some Basics for Bible Information Class

    This month’s article of Teach the Word explores some of the helpful hints and pieces of advice to consider when writing and teaching a basic Christian instruction course.

  • Teach the Word: Help Them Learn and Retain

    Teach the Word: Help Them Learn and Retain

    Dr. Sue Holtz is the author of our feature article this month. For several years, Dr. Holtz served as the Director of Technology Integration and Support at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. She received her doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service from Cardinal Stritch University in 2004. The topic of her dissertation was…

  • 4 More Ways to Get People Talking in Your Bible Study … This Week!

    4 More Ways to Get People Talking in Your Bible Study … This Week!

    It’s hard to get people to be involved in Bible study sometimes! In our last issue of Teach the Word, we saw four ways for getting dialogue flowing in your Bible study. Here are four more tips to help get people more actively involved. . .  1.  Give them choices—Give your groups or pairs options from which…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…