No matter how much schooling we get, we improve our craft by practicing it and by taking clues from those who have done it well and probably have been doing it for a while. As a Christian, I want to do my best. The Bible teaches that as Christ's followers, we should do everything as though it is for the Lord. Such an attitude means that we are attempting to do our very best, for we would not do anything half-way for the Lord. It is a gift to the Lord and it is an act of worship.
As a Christian, we have an excellent example of Master Teaching. Jesus Christ, himself, referred to himself as a teacher. According to the experts in the field of brain based learning, there are nine effective strategies for effectively teaching new concepts. Examining the strategies that Jesus used to teach his followers, we find that Jesus used these strategies to teach them. Why would it come as a surprise that the Creator of the mind knows how it works best?
The nine strategies are identifying similarities and differences,
summarizing and note-taking,
requiring homework and practice,
expressing the concept in non linguistic representations,
using cooperative learning,
setting objectives and providing feedback,
generating and testing hypotheses,
and giving cues, questions, and advance organizers.
The teaching that Christ did actually included all of these strategies. I will use the next few blogs to talk about them. Can you think of times when Jesus Christ used these strategies to teach his followers?
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