Ten Components of Effective Teaching from Doug Fields I want to highlight ten ways students learn. I'm sure there are more, but these are the ten I keep in front of me as I prepare a lesson. I use this list as a reminder of how students learn and as a challenge for me to use a different method than I used before.
Participation shoots a student's learning curve straight up.
I could teach on servanthood for six years, and my students could have all the head knowledge needed to articulate a theology of service and proudly quote a few Scriptures, but it doesn't mean they'll be servants. When I provide an opportunity for my students to serve a widow in our church, they learn more about servanthood through this one act than by hours of listening to me talk. The Christian faith can be experienced, and your students will become more mature, when you give them opportunities to experience and practice God's truth. Seeing Many of your students were weaned on Sesame Street and MTV and are accustomed to learning through observation. They watch loads of TV and are primed to learn through this medium.