Teaching Tips Archive
By Margaret F. Williamson and Roberta L. Watson, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary In this third and final article, Williamson and Watson consider “learning styles” from the perspective of both teacher and student. The authors examine personality and preferred learning style and explore implications for Christian education.
By Margaret F. Williamson and Roberta L. Watson, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary In this article, Williamson and Watson consider how students absorb and retain information. They also explain how that information can influence an individual learning strategy for each student. Summary Over the years, educators have asked questions about how people learn. This article is the second in a series of three that provide updated …
By Margaret F. Williamson and Roberta L. Watson New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary In this article, Williamson and Watson consider the importance of learning styles and how each teacher can create learning environments that fit a classroom of children with a variety of personalities and learning styles.
Four Activities for Building Relationships With Your Kids By Jim Dempsey, Ph.D. The Bible says that Satan is a liar, and one of his favorites is that God cares more about rules than relationships. Parents can fall for this deception when they become more focused on the outward behavior of their children than on the relationship they are building. Sure we want behavior to come …
By Dr. Scott Turansky, National Center for Biblical Parenting Have you ever thought about the difference between punishment and discipline? There’s really quite a difference. Punishment gives a negative consequence, but discipline means to teach. Punishment is negative; discipline is positive. Punishment focuses on past misdeeds. Discipline focuses on future good deeds. Punishment is often motivated by anger. Discipline is motivated by love. Punishment focuses …
By Jim Dempsey, Ph.D. Let’s face it. Your child has an agenda different from yours. When you tell them to clean up so that you can get to school on time, it may be important to you but that does not mean your child sees any value in it. And when your children don’t value your command, they resist obeying it. Understanding this simple concept …
Use of Storytelling and Interactive Play with Kindergarteners Kindergarteners are true explorers. They are curious, eager to learn, and they thrive on discovering new things through interactive exploration. Their language skills and imagination are growing immensely—they love stories.