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Learning to Learn Together
Charles Swindoll pointed out the importance of connection in relationships between god and man or parent and child in his highly quoted phrase
"Rules without Relationship equals Rebellion."
I believe in a similar concept concerning education:
"Instruction without Interaction equals Ignorance."
Assigning a number of pages to read in a textbook is not teaching. Dr. Bruce Wilkinson explains, in The Seven Laws of the Learner, "Talking in front of a class is not teaching. True Biblical teaching doesn't take place unless students have learned. If they haven't learned we haven't taught. "
Only a very small percentage of children will learn if all you do is hand out assignments. Most children, 75% according to learning-style studies, need more. The Heart of Wisdom approach is specifically designed to be a parent-child interaction program. It is at first parent directed, then delight directed, beginning with the parent teaching the student until he or she is internally motivated to study lead by the Holy Spirit.
At first --Parent Directed--teaching the student until he or she is internally motivated to study lead by the Holy Spirit--Delight Directed.
There are four basic steps in each Heart of Wisdom Unit Study lesson. The teacher is active in the first two steps.
- In the first step the teacher is involved, asking questions and investigating where the child is at (the child's knowledge base.)
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In the second step the teacher teaches the material. Teacher and student go over material in a book or on the Internet.
- The third step the teacher moves aside as the student completes and activity. Older students do further independent research.
- The fourth step the student presents the activity to another person.
The 4 Step Lessons are explained in detail in another section of this book. It was mentioned here only to demonstrate that every Heart of Wisdom lesson includes teacher-student interaction.
Through interaction we are
1. Motivating Motivating (finding and pushing the student's hot buttons) and making the lesson applicable to real life (as Jesus did when he talked to fishermen about fish, shepherds about sheep, etc.).
2. Evaluating: We can tell if the student is "getting it" and adjust or review as necessary.
Learning together can be a very stimulating intellectual and spiritual experience. Much of the material in The Heart of Wisdom unit studies will be new to the teacher as well as to the student. Teacher-student exploration will promote yet another bond between parent and child.
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