Discipleship Across the Lifespan

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Discipleship Across the Lifespan

• Trinity International University
• Class 3

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Aspects of a Teacher/Disciple-Maker
List five people who have impacted your life
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Aspects of a Teacher/Disciple-Maker

• Guide

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Aspects of a Teacher/Disciple-Maker

• Coach

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Aspects of a Teacher/Disciple-Maker

• Facilitator

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Aspects of a Teacher/Disciple-Maker

• Model

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Aspects of a Teacher/Disciple-Maker

• Encourager

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Aspects of a Teacher/Disciple-Maker

• Motivator

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Aspects of a Teacher/Disciple-Maker

• Stimulator

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Aspects of a Teacher/Disciple-Maker

• Mentor

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Law of the Teacher

• The teacher is primarily a learner, a student
  among students.
• ? Howard Hendricks

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Law of the Teacher

• If you stop growing today,
• you stop teaching tomorrow.
• ? Howard Hendricks

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Law of the Teacher
The Teacher must know his

• Content
• Constituents

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As Christians, we are committed to a true content
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Law of the Teacher

• Experience does not make you better unless it is
  evaluated experience

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There is a diligent labor to effective teaching
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Theories of Learning
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Behaviorism
Focus upon what you DO
Behavior changes as a result of rewards
punishments

• Pavlov
• B. F. Skinner
• Dr. Phil

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Behaviorism
Humanism
Focus upon what you WANT
Focus upon what you DO
Behavior changes as a result of rewards
punishments
Learning takes place through reflection on
experience and through the learners intrinsic
motivation

• Carl Rogers
• Maslow
• Fromm

• Pavlov
• B. F. Skinner
• Dr. Phil

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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
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Behaviorism
Humanism
Development
Focus upon what you WANT
Focus upon how you GROW
Focus upon what you DO
Behavior changes as a result of rewards
punishments
Learning takes place as the learner interprets
and experiments his experiences
Learning takes place through reflection on
experience and through the learners intrinsic
motivation

• Carl Rogers
• Maslow
• Fromm

• Jean Piaget

• Pavlov
• B. F. Skinner
• Dr. Phil

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Heredity
Environment
In what ways and to what extent are these
involved in the development of people?
Education
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Heredity
Environment
In what ways and to what extent are these
involved in the development of people?
Education
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Heredity
Environment
In what ways and to what extent are these
involved in the development of people?
Education
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Heredity
Environment
In what ways and to what extent are these
involved in the development of people?
Education
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Grade your own educational experiences

• 1 10

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What have been the strengths of your own
education with those learning experiences?
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What have been the weaknesses of your own
education with those learning experiences?
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Stuff Corpus
Learner
We are involved in teaching people, not just
stuff
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Stages of Cognitive Development

• Jean Piaget
• 1896-1980

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Sensorimotor Period
Ages 0-2

• Sensory Input
• Visual recognition
• Increasing motor activities
• Learning language skills
• Learning through relationships
• Self-contained (not involved in groups)

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Preoperational Period
Ages 2-7

• Using symbols of thought to replace actual
  objects
• Language replaces motor skills Use your words
• Make believe play
• Collective monologue
• An ego-centric world view
• One thing at a time

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Concrete Operations
Ages 7-11

• Group

An understanding of relationships
If A B and B C then A C
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Concrete Operations
Ages 7-11

• Group
• Conservation

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Concrete Operations
Ages 7-11

• Group
• Conservation
• Classification
• Lists
• Categories

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Concrete Operations
Ages 7-11

• Group
• Conservation
• Classification
• Seriation

Ability to place objects, events, and ideas into
logical and chronological order
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Formal Operations
Begins Ages 11-12

• Able to reason through unheld propositions
• Ability to reflect on the theoretical

• Lends itself to idealism
• A questioning of ones faith

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For Small Group Discussion

• Do you agree or disagree with Piagets idea of
  cognitive development?
• Are there exceptions to his four stages?
• What are the implications for Christian education?

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Sensorimotor Period
Preoperational Period
Formal Operations
Concrete Operations
Implications for Christian Education
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