ARTICLE Teaching 101 The basics of the task from an expert in the field. Howard Hendricks
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Successful teaching opens the mind, stirs the emotions, fires the imagination, and galvanizes the will. Here are some skills that contribute to that kind of teaching.
Help Listeners Identify with You
Nothing moves listeners more than their reality, their experience, their emotions, their struggles. This is especially true in the classroom; people want to see themselves: their dreams, their needs, their ...
Many churches across America are doing an outstanding job of equipping volunteers to teach with excellence. But it's still not a given. As I have observed good programs, here are a few common threads that I've seen run through strong teacher training.
Causing to Learn
Effective teachers understand what teaching is. Many teachers still think of teaching as dumping content. But open eyes and a smooth ...
Teachers have a number of tools in the teaching tool chest. Effective planning involves choosing the right tool for the right job.
Lecture
Lecture is a good way to cover large amounts of material (e.g., the major views of the Book of Revelation) or complex issues (e.g., the relationship between New Age teaching and orthodox theology). On the down side, lecture does not demand much of students and can ...
ARTICLE How to Prepare Effective teaching starts in the planning stages. Roberta Hestenes
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When I prepare a lesson, I do it with the following attitudes and principles in place:
1. I want to take people seriously. I don't just want to entertain or impress people. I want to choose and teach subjects that really matter to people who have an eternal destiny. This doesn't mean everything has to be deep, somber, and serious. In fact, learning needs to be fun; it should intrigue. But whatever ...
DEVOTIONS How to Be Heard Mastering five overlooked fundamentals of clear communication. Fred Smith
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Improvement comes from concentrating on the basics until we can perform them without conscious thought. Here are some fundamental areas for teachers to try to improve:
1. Establishing a friendly atmosphere.
To a large degree, the atmosphere we establish will determine how effective our lesson is going to be. Atmosphere is created by both our verbal and nonverbal messages. Try to start your lesson ...
I listen carefully to what people say to me after I teach. If they say, "Boy, I wish I could speak like you," then I've failed. But if they say, "I'm not going to forget that," then I've succeeded. Making a speech is not an accomplishment; changing behavior is.
The Power Combination
The combination of point, story, and essence statement (a statement that holds the truth in a simple, memorable sentence) ...
Illustrations are a common speaking tool. Usually, they are understood as vivid word pictures that give tangible features to abstract ideas. But not everybody carries a camera around in his or her head. Some people remember by replaying sounds. Others reach their world through touch, taste, and smell—through bodily sensations and movement. You can figure out how you learn by asking yourself ...
As I prepare a class, I carefully craft my questions, remembering these characteristics of a good question:
1. It can be answered by the people asked. I have to ask questions about things people know. They know, for instance, about their own experience. So, "When did you first realize that grace was more than just a word?" is more likely to work than "What are the three principle views of the atonement?" ...
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