How We Learn : A Christian Teacher's Guide to Educational Psychology

by Klaus Issler; Ron Habermas

• ISBN13: 9780801050398
• ISBN10: 0801050391
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-04-01
• Publisher: Baker Book House

Summary

The collaborative team of Klaus Issler and Ronald Habermas has assembled an integration of theology and instructional theory in Teaching for Reconciliation: Foundations and Practice of Christian Educational Ministry. Now they expound on one aspect of educational theory/theology to help teachers choose the method that best reaches particular learners in a specific learning situation. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Klaus Issler is Professor of Christian Education and Theology, in the Ph.D. in Educational Studies program, Talbot School of Theology, and adjunct faculty with the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Biola University, La Mirada, California. He holds a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of California, Riverside, and a Ph.D. in Education from Michigan State University Ronald Habermas is McGee Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Formation at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. He received a Master of Divinity from the North American Baptist Seminary, a Master of Arts in Educational Ministries from Wheaton Graduate School, and a Ph.D. in Education from Michigan State University

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
Perspectives about Learning
Why Worry about How We Learn?	p. 15
What Can We Learn?	p. 29
Application: Evaluating and Measuring Learning	p. 42
Process of Learning
Learning by Processing Information	p. 49
Application: Facilitating Discussion among Adults	p. 56
Learning by Association	p. 63
Application: Guiding Children's Learning	p. 74
Learning by Example	p. 81
Application: Guiding Teens to the Right Models	p. 86
Preparation for Learning
Sensitivity to Student Motivation	p. 99
Application: Learning Styles and Motivation	p. 117
Human Nature: Birthday Gifts for Growth and Learning	p. 121
Application: Students with Special Educational Needs	p. 128
Developmental Changes in Our Thinking	p. 133
Application: Children and Conversion	p. 148
Mapping Our Personality Growth	p. 153
Application: How Willing and Able Are Students?	p. 165
Purposes in Learning
The Goal: Christian Maturity	p. 171
Application: Learning Dispositions Through Spiritual Disciplines	p. 180
A Lifelong Call to Change	p. 185
Application: Teaching with E's	p. 191
Teaching Methods and the Six Avenues of Learning	p. 197
Unity in Diversity: Body, Soul, and Gender	p. 199
Notes	p. 203
References	p. 225
Index of Scripture	p. 237
Index of Authors	p. 241
Index of Subjects	p. 243
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