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Everyone needs to be actively involved in the Bible learning process. That even includes our senior adults.<\/p>\nEveryone needs to be actively involved in the Bible learning process. That even includes our senior adults.<\/p>\n
Once students get to their adult years, however, the activity becomes primarily mental. Yet, do not rule out using physically active types of methodology on occasion.<\/p>\n
Guard against using lecture<\/a> as your primary or sole method in adult classes. Even in large groups, there are ways to engage students. A more passive or one-directional method such as lecture or using a video presentation, can be followed by discussion. Also, learn ways to vary the presentation so it isn’t always one person standing in the front talking.<\/p>\n While you certainly can use more of this impressional, one-way communication, with adults than with younger ages, you won’t take your students to higher levels of learning unless you also incorporate methods that get them more actively involved in the process.<\/p>\n This article is included as a handout in the Reaching All Age Levels Resource<\/a> with some of the methods that fit the above criteria for adults. The resource also includes other articles for all the age groups and PowerPoint slides to use for a group teacher training session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everyone needs to be actively involved in the Bible learning process. That includes even our senior adults. Once students get to their adult years, however, the activity becomes primarily mental. Yet, do not rule out . . . Continue reading Methods for Adult Bible Classes<\/span>\n