{"id":8661,"date":"2017-11-10T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/?p=8661"},"modified":"2024-02-23T10:21:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:21:52","slug":"tweaking-the-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/tweaking-the-curriculum.htm","title":{"rendered":"Tweaking the Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"When<\/a>A previous post questioned the validity of always blaming curriculum<\/a> when teaching doesn’t go well. Sometimes lessons could go better by simply making some adjustments — tweaking the curriculum.<\/p>\n

What Tweaking the Curriculum Might Mean<\/h2>\n

Sometimes tweaking will simply take changing illustrations within the introduction or application to make it more relevant to your particular students but it could mean redoing the entire section.<\/p>\n

Sometimes tweaking will involve using guiding questions to fill in the gaps, add to, or clarify what the curriculum provides to ensure your students understand based on their level of Bible literacy.<\/p>\n

Sometimes tweaking will mean making adjustments to methodology but it could require looking at completely different Bible teaching methods based on the abilities or interests of your students.<\/p>\n

On occasion it might be necessary to lay aside the entire lesson plan and write your own Bible lesson. However, in most cases, you should still use the same topic or key passage. One of the purposes of using curriculum is so over the course of time, people receive a well-rounded understanding of Scripture. The scope and sequence chart used by curriculum companies maps out that plan. This is particularly essential for children’s classes.<\/p>\n

Questions to Help Determine if Tweaks are Needed<\/h2>\n