6 writing lesson aims

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Christian TeachingMinistry

Lesson 6

Writing Lesson Aims


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Steps of Bible Teaching

Studying

Focusing

Structuring

Teaching

Evaluating

Who is my audience?


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The Learning Process

Meaningful: Related toprior learning andexperience.

Transfer:Movingknowledge frominformation storage toactualization in daily life.

All teachers seekthe meaningful transfer of

learning in their students.

Situation A Situation B


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The Learning Process

All teachers seekthe meaningful transfer of

learning in their students.

Bible teachers seekthe meaningful transfer ofbiblical truth to daily life in their students.

Biblical Truth Daily Life

Application


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Positive and Negative Transfer

Positive Transfer

Successfully connectingprevious learning withpresent learning or

application.

Negative Transfer

Occurs when previouslearning interferes withpresent learning or

application.


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Specific and General Transfer

Specific Transfer

When a rule, fact, or skilllearned in one situation isapplied in another very

similar situation.

Example: Using skills as abasketball coach tocoach hockey.

General Transfer

Applying new information,attitudes, or skills learned inother, often dissimilar

situations.

Example: Using skills as abasketball coach tomanage a business.


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Low- and High-Road Transfer

Low-Road Transfer

Spontaneous, automatictransfer of highly practicedskills with little need for

reflective thinking.

Example: Washing carsand doing karate chops in

the movie Karate Kid.

High-Road Transfer

Conciously and reflectivelyapplying abstractknowledge learned in one

situation to a differentsituation.

Example: Applying theBibles teaching on the

image of God to thequestion of abortion.


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The Pedagogical Idea

Fact: Students will mosteffectively transfer learningto daily living when a single,clearly expressed idea or

generalization is taught.

Every Bible passage has asingle big idea that theauthor intended the readersto grasp.

Every Bible lesson shouldhave a single pedagogicalidea that the teacherintends the students tograsp.


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The Big Ideas

Exegetical Idea

What is the authorsaying?

Focuses on the world ofthe Bible.

Pedagogical Idea

What do I want mystudents to learn?

Focuses on the world ofthe Student.

Both state thesame, basic truth.


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Developing the Pedagogical

Idea

1. Begin with the exegeticalidea (the Big Idea of theBible passage).

2. Consider the student.

3. State the PedagogicalIdea.

ExegeticalIdea

NeedsAnalysis

PedagogicalIdea


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Daniel 4

Exegetical Idea

Gods humbling ofNebuchadnezzar remindsthe Israelites of Gods

continued sovereignty,even during their captivity.

Pedagogical Idea

Believers today can takecomfort in Godssovereignty during times of

personal crisis.

The Church can takecomfort in Godssovereignty during times of

religious persecution.

Etc


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The Three Types of

Bible College Student

Big Head

Big Heart

Big Hands

We all gravitate towardsone of these extremes.

When we teach, we tendto teach from our owntendencies.

The goal in life is balancein all three areas.

When we teach, weshould teach to all areasof the person.


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Blooms Domains of Learning

Cognitive

ThinkingandKnowing

Affective

ValuesandAttitudes

Behavioral

Actionsand Skills


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Acts 2:32

When thepeople

heard this

They werecut to the

heart

Andsaid

Brothers,what shallwe do?


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The Lesson Aims

A statement that describes the kind of learning

and life change expected in the students.

Every good lesson should have at least threeaims:

Cognitive: What or how will the students think?

Affective: What or how will the students feel?

Behavioral: What will the students do?


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Characteristics of Good Aims

Student-centered.

Clear and Brief.

Express a specificbehavior, attitude, or skill.

Use action verbs.

Answer the question, Howdo I want my students tochange?


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Writing the Aims

Students will _________________

the ________________ by

____________________________.

Learning Verb

Lesson Concept

Desired Response


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Pedagogical Idea: Rather than competing among peers forrecognition and acceptance, students should focus oncultivating unity in the body by practicing true humility.

Cognitive Lesson Aim

Students will recognize the principle of humility as being thekey to unity in the body by examining the teaching of Pauland the example of Christ outlined in Philippians 2.

Affective Lesson Aim

Students will take to heart the importance of humility in thebody by beginning to consider not only their own bestinterests, but also the interests of others.

Behavioral Lesson Aim Students will practice humility in their day-to-day lives by

looking for and committing to opportunities for servicerather than opportunities for recognition in their church,schools, and circles of friends.

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