Clear about their overall goal of teaching, Bible teachers can then better focus on bringing individual lessons under the umbrella of that objective. For example, if the goal is changed lives, then lesson aims need to include action verbs that depict change not only in head knowledge but also heart attitudes, and behavior.
Help with Lesson Aims for Bible teachers Who Write their Own Lessons
Develop lesson aims that grow out of a study of God’s Word and an understanding of one’s students. Make a well-constructed lesson aim:
- Specific … not so vague that it can’t be measured
- Student-oriented … not teacher-oriented that it’s more about what the teacher does than the students
- Clear … not ambiguous that is causes confusion about what they are supposed to do
- Meaningful … not irrelevant to students’ lives that they won’t have opportunity to apply it
- Attainable … not so beyond where students are that they must first take other steps to get there
About Lesson Goals for Bible Teachers Who Use a Pre-written Curriculum
Most curriculum from major publishing companies has a lesson aim in what we can call the vital statistics. Know how to tweak those aims so . . .
- they go far enough (i.e., in line with the above criteria for well-constructed lesson aims).
- they fit students (i.e., where they are developmentally, both physically and spiritually).
Once settled on the lesson aims, everything in lesson should then work toward these aims.
Very good information. Teaching changed Lives grip me. Training Sessions also.
Hello, Mersadie Gayle. How good that this content had such meaning for you. May God use you to impact people’s lives!
what is the difference between the lesson aim and the “objective” these can seem interchangeable
Technically some may make a distinction between aims and objectives with aims being written as a broader statement of intent. However, if you look it up in a Thesaurus, you’ll find aim, objective, and goal as synonyms for one another. This post distinguishes a bigger, or broader, aim/goal/objective by using the phrase “overall” as referenced in the first sentence as “overall goal of teaching”. A lot of curriculum refers to it as lesson aims for the individual lessons.
On another note, i read about scope, timeline, tools or resources…i just can seem to locate the page it is on, can you advise
You were probably looking at the comments in this post: Pre-Service Training for New Teachers