Heart-Deep Teaching: Engaging Students for Transformed Lives

by Gary C. Newton

Overview

When teaching the Bible, what is the best theory, and what are the best practices to stimulate deeper student learning? Heart-Deep Teaching was written for parents, teachers, and students of the Word who desire to apply its principles in life transforming ways.

The concept of “heart-deep teaching and learning” is based on a Hebrew understanding of the “heart” as the innermost essence of a person that involves the mind, emotions, and will. When the heart is engaged by the power of the Holy Spirit within the context of God’s Word, both character and behavioral changes occur.

To actively engage students’ emotions, mind, will, and body in learning, a heart-deep teacher uses strategies involving interaction, drama, reflection, story-telling, wonder, movement, creativity, acting-out, problem-solving, and wrestling with the principles discovered in the biblical text.

By integrating accurate methods of analyzing the biblical text and current research in teaching and learning, the book attempts to help teachers understand the theoretical and practical skills to create their own lessons, adapt lessons from published curriculums, and improve their own strategies of studying and teaching the Word.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805447767
Publisher:	B&H Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Gary C. Newton is professor of Discipleship Ministries and director of the Discipleship Ministry and Family Ministry majors at Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota. He also wrote Growing Toward Spiritual Maturity.

Table of Contents

Chapters Summary vii

Introduction 1

Part I Explaining the Problem

1 Shallowness in Biblical Teaching 5

Part II Preparing the Heart of the Teacher

2 Understanding the Mystery of the Heart 17

3 Mapping the Journey to the Depths of the Heart 43

4 Digging Deeper into the Word for Yourself as a Teacher 55

Part III Designing Deeper Learning Experiences

5 Looking at the Biblical Text Through Students' Eyes 85

6 Setting Goals to Encourage Deeper Student Learning 97

7 Understanding How People Learn 104

8 Designing Learning Experiences that Encourage Heart-Deep Learning 121

Part IV Structuring the Lesson

9 Priming Students' Heart Pumps 151

10 Getting Students to Dig Deeper into the Word 163

11 Stimulating Student Heart Talk 178

12 Encouraging Heart Change in Life 191

Conclusion: The Challenges and Benefits of Heart-Deep Teaching 201

Bibliography 205

Name and Subject Index 209