Category: Teach the Word
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Using Tech to Create Connections, Part Two—Connecting Student and Content
I used to be of the opinion that I was a little more of a serious thinker than many people because I read Atlantic Monthly, a serious, old-school magazine with page after page of block text. No pictures ever. Nope, no pictures for this guy because things like pictures, photos, images, diagrams, or charts—those were…
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Using Tech to Create Connections—Connecting Teacher and Student
We’ve all seen people type things at a keyboard that they would never say in person. We’ve all seen parents ignore their children or spouses ignore each other because their screens commanded their attention instead. We’ve all seen the criticism of remote learning and its difficulty in replicating the personal interaction that the face-to-face classroom…
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The Four Tools: Research
If you want the highest activity by each learner, what is your go-to tool? It’s research. Research is the fourth, and final, tool in our educator’s toolbox. Past articles have dealt with Lecture, Question/Answer (Questions, Open Questions, and Bad Answers), and Group Work.) What do we mean by research? When we hear the word “research,”…
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The Four Tools: Group Work
In past articles we’ve dealt with the first two tools in the adult educators’ toolbox: Lecture and Question/Answer (Questions, Open Questions, and Bad Answers). Today we’ll consider tool #3, Group Work. Why use group work? Let’s imagine that there is a woman who is pregnant for the first time, and she’s wondering what childbirth itself…
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Online Bible Studies – Bringing the Word Into Homes
The world’s normalcy has come to a screeching halt and we are now driving down a different road. We’re in territory probably none of us imagined six months ago. Church buildings sit silent. School classrooms are soundless. Bible study gatherings with snacks, sipping coffee, studying Scripture, and everyone sitting in the same room seem like…
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How Do I Deal With Bad Answers
Likely you’ve experienced it. You’ve asked a question, and the answer which has come back at you is . . . well . . . really bad. How does a teacher handle that situation? Before we begin, let’s realize one thing: The teacher of the Word doesn’t have to feel conscience-bound to confront or correct…
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Why Use Open Questions?
For what reasons might an open question be so useful for when teaching adults? The question above is an example of an “open question.” An open question is a question for which there isn’t one correct answer. Or, to say it a bit differently, an open question is one for which there could be several,…
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But What About Questions?
Given that this article is about asking questions, it seems obvious that we should begin with a question, doesn’t it? So the question is, could we agree that asking questions is a crucial tool in the toolbox of the educator? Pause for a moment. Seriously. Pause and think about the question that was just asked.…