1. LEARNING AND TEACHING
YOUR PRESENTER
ELVEY HAMILTON

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL
SPIRITUAL NURTURING
FELLOWSHIP
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
WORLD MISSION OUTREACH

3. WHAT IS LEARNING?
Learning is like breathing, you can’t live without it.
Learning is like salt and vinegar chips because some of them are burnt, stale and bad, and some of them are really good.
Learning is like putting on a light after being in the dark.
Learning is a relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs through experience.

4. WHAT IS TEACHING?
Learning experiences that are facilitated by a human being.
Teaching is the giving of oneself, time, energy and effort to prepare others for the future.

5. WHAT IS TEACHING (CON’TD)
Teaching is lecturing.
Teaching is transmitting knowledge to students.
Teaching is facilitating learning (i.e. causing someone to learn something).

6. THE EXCELLENT TEACHER One who helps the learner to acquire:
The required knowledge
The ability to discover knowledge
The ability to critically evaluate knowledge
The ability to apply the knowledge
THE ABILITY TO LEARN AND THINK
INDEPENDENTLY AND TO USE WHAT IS
LEARNT CONSTRUCTIVELY

7. PURPOSE OF LESSON DISCUSSION
Encourage daily lesson study
Participation for learning
Application to life
Preparation for
witnessing

8. DISCUSSION & APPLICATION
Be a choir director and not a soloist.
Try to get everyone to participate.
Ask questions that will lead to life application.
Do not pour truth into the brain like a funnel.

9. REMEMBER!!! Aim to uncover the lesson not to cover it.
People remember 10% of what
they hear but 90% of what they see, hear and talk about.
Learn to listen to your students.
The lesson must be person- oriented not subject- oriented.
Study to analyze not to recite facts.

10. ANALYTICAL STUDY THE MEANING OF THE TEXT LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE
APPLICATION
APPLICATION TO PROCLAMATION

11. THE MEANING What does the text say? What does it mean?
What does this text mean to you?

12. Learning from Experience
Share an experience where this text was fulfilled or was significant in your life.

13. APPLICATION Think of what may possibly happen to you next week.
How can you apply this text to your life?
Think of something that happened to you last week.
How can you apply this to the news of the week?

14. APPLICATION TO PROCLAMATION
How can you use this text in
reaching out and sharing
with someone?

15. THE TEACHING PROCESS Select a focus Prepare brief introduction
Study broadly
Select a focus
Prepare brief introduction
Write 3 or 4 application discussion questions.
In class , give a brief overview of the main points.

16. Encourage discussion and personal application.
Summarize the main points
Pray for help to apply the principles.

17. THANKS FOR SHARING WITH ME
LEARN WELL
BE AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER
HELP OTHERS TO WITNESS EFFECTIVELY
THANKS FOR SHARING WITH ME
LET ME KNOW
WAS I OF HELP TO YOU?