Motivation to Learn - Bible Teacher Training Resources
Sometimes Bible teachers feel like all they do is push and pull students to learn. What will it take to motivate students?
Teacher Training Resources on Motivation to Help People Want to Learn and Believe
Trusting God begins with learning about Him. Learn how to connect with your students in ways that motivate them to want to learn. The six-page Help! My students don't want to be here! They don't want to learn! worksheet by Ministry Tools Resource Center looks at five connection to make with people to increase their motivation to learn. Individual teachers will benefit from it but it can also be done with a partner or in a group setting discussing the questions. It could even be used as a five-point series, covering one connection per meeting.
To motivate students to believe in absolute truth, teachers must present them with a God big enough, great enough, powerful enough, and wise enough to have the final word, to be the ultimate standard, to have absolute authority. Use the two-page teacher training worksheet, Motivating Students to Believe ... and act on what they believe, as a challenge to make teaching the Word more about the God of the Bible than the stories or commands.
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Articles:
Geared to Any Age:
- An Often Missing Element in the Bible Learning Process
- Bible Teacher’s Role as a Motivator
- FAQ about Motivating Students
- Motivate by Connecting with Developmental Factors
- Motivate by Connecting with Interest Factors
- Motivate by Connecting with Spiritual Readiness Factors
- Motivating People to Learn
- Students Glad to Go to Class?
- Teachers' View of the Bible: It It Affects Motivations
- Trouble Motivating Students to Learn?
Geared to Children:
- 3 Simple Steps To Motivating Kids
- 5 Things You Can Do to Encourage Kids' Motivation in Children's Ministry
- Ban the Rewards
- Can the Candy ("The proliferation of bribes and gimmicks is a common scene in children's ministry today. But do the prizes and gimmicks affect children's hearts -- or only their behavior?")
- Extrinsic Motivation: Using Rewards In Children's Ministry
- How Children Are Motivated To Learn
- How to Get Kids Hooked on the Bible
- How to Make Christ Relevant to Christian Kids Who Never Miss a Sunday
- Motivating Grade School Children to Learn
- Motivating Preschoolers to Learn
- Why Bribing Kids Hurts Their Spiritual Growth
- What's Wrong With Rewards?
Geared to Teens:
Geared to Adults:
- How to Motivate Adults to Learn
- Motivating Young Adults to Learn
- Motivating Middle Aged Adults to Learn
- Motivating Senior Adults to Learn
Worksheets:
- Help! My students don't want to be here! They don't want to learn! by Ministry Tools Resource Center
- Motivating Students to Believe ... and act on what they believe by Ministry Tools Resource Center
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