Lesson Two

Implications of Some Scriptural

Truths for Christian Education

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Quick Review

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

Name a quality of a successful / faithful teacher:

Today’s Objectives

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

• List four differences between Christian education and secular education.

• Explain “apt to teach” by examining four attributes.

• Understand and compare the shared responsibilities for Christian education.

Differences between secular & Christian Education

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

First … let’s make a list.

List the differences that you can think of right now.

Differences between secular & Christian Education

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

We can pretty well sum it up in 4 categories:

• The Nature of Truth

• The Nature of the Human Heart

• Goals/Purposes of Education

• Relationship between teacher and student

Apt / Able to teach -- διδακτικός

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

1 Timothy 3:2 -- Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

2 Timothy 2:24 -- And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.

1 Timothy 3:2 -- Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

2 Timothy 2:24 -- And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.

Apt / Able to teach -- διδακτικός

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

4 key attributes to be considered:

• Knowledge

• Clear Communication

• Emotional Congruence

• Diagnose the Situation

Apt / Able to teach -- διδακτικός

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

• Knowledge

Of subject matter

Of the students (of their capabilities, know where they are at as well as their previous knowledge)

Apt / Able to teach -- διδακτικός

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

• Clear Communication

What has been their prior communication?

Ability to compress, logical order

Using terminology without understanding meaning

Non-Verbal (tone of voice, eye contact, body language)

Kinesthetic (body movement, paralanguage: volume, speed, pitch)

Apt / Able to teach -- διδακτικός

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

• Emotional Congruence

Emotions must sync with subject matter

What you teach, you experience.

When you teach the Law you show it has hit you as well (same with the Gospel)

Apt / Able to teach -- διδακτικός

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

• Diagnose the Situation

Know when to apply Law and Gospel.

Specific Law and Gospel of the keys.

To encourage students to live in their God-given abilities.

Shared Responsibility for Christian Ed

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

• Parents (especially fathers!)

• Every believer why is this perspective so critical?

• Every called worker

“Surely Gods spreading of the responsibility for Christian education over so many people cannot help but impress on us how important this work is.”

Time Permitting – additional ?’s

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

How does a Christian touch the heart of his students while teaching? … Be specific!

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ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

Explain the illustration in our notes re: the farmer planting the seed to differentiate between message / methods.

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ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

Jerome Brunner, 1964, described learning in three levels:

1) Enactive - watch what parents do and do it

2) Iconic- through pictures

3) Symbolic- through words and letters to represent ideas.

Is this compatible with Biblical teaching?

Time Permitting – additional ?’s

ED1061 – Junior Education Implications of Some Scriptural Truths

Agree or Disagree

“A wise teacher groups students according to capability, not age.”