Tag: bible study
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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…
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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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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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Teach the Word: Having an Aim for Your Lesson
In a previous issue of Teach the Word we emphasized that the purpose of a Bible study is not simply to make spiritual smarty-pants out of God’s people so they can answer all the questions in Bible Trivial Pursuit. But since our students must first know God’s Word before they will be empowered to act,…
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Educational Technology – Is It “Kid’s Stuff”?
The Teacher’s Guide to Tech 2022 comes in at a whopping 336 pages. Each page brings fresh ideas regarding apps and websites for the classroom courtesy of the guide’s publisher, Jennifer Gonzalez, and her blog—Cult of Pedagogy. Jennifer Gonzalez concentrates on tech resources for K-12 educators, students, and classrooms. But if you’re waiting for the…
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Universal Design for Learning, Part Three
As we conclude this brief series on Universal Design for Learning, let’s look at some potential implications of UDL for our adult Bible study classes. You’ll remember from previous articles that UDL is a design framework based on Acknowledging learner variability. Every learner brings different gifts, learning preferences, challenges, and life situations to the classroom.…