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How Education Helps Christians Grow. Presenter: Israel Steinmetz. Presentation Outline. Introduction Christian Education & Scripture Christian Education & Instructional Objectives Conclusion. Introduction. Christian Education & Scripture Scripture supplies the content and goal - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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How Education Helps Christians Grow

Presenter: Israel Steinmetz

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Introduction Christian Education & Scripture Christian Education & Instructional

Objectives Conclusion

Presentation Outline

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Christian Education & Scripture Scripture supplies the content and goal

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives Instructional objectives articulate the desired tangible

outcomes Connecting the dots…

By identifying the content and desired outcomes we answer two of the most significant questions in education: What are we going to teach? What do we want the learners to do with what we teach?

This presentation will not address the question of “how” to go about teaching the content in order to accomplish the objectives.

Introduction

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2 Timothy 3:14-17 describes Scripture as: The source of wisdom which leads to salvation through

faith in Jesus Christ The content of our faith and the basis for learning,

conviction and continuation in belief Inspired by God

Christian Education & Scripture

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2 Timothy 3:14-17 describes Scripture as: Having a four-fold capacity for developing the believer:

Teaching Reproof Correction Instruction in righteousness

Christian Education & Scripture

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Christian Education & Scripture

Teaching

Reproof

Correction

Instruction in Righteousness

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2 Timothy 3:14-17 describes Scripture as: Aiming toward full Christian maturity and faithful

service

Christian Education & Scripture

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This portion of the presentation is adapted almost entirely from Preparing Instructional Objectives: A critical tool in the developmentof effective instruction, Completely Revised, Third Edition, by Robert F. Mager

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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“Instruction is effective to the degree that it succeeds in: changing students in desired directions and not in undesired directions.” Mager, 1.

Steps to developing effective instruction:1. Analysis2. Design/development3. Implementation4. Evaluation/improvement

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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We will focus on the first part of step 2- Design/development.

The first step of learning design/development is the creation of “instructional objectives”.

What is an “instructional objective”?

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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“An instructional objective is a collection of words and/or pictures and diagrams intended to let others know what you intend for your students to achieve. It is related to intended outcomes, rather than the

process for achieving those outcomes. It is specific and measurable, rather than broad and

intangible. It is concerned with students, not teachers.” Mager, 3.

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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Develop a love of music. Play Mary Had a Little Lamb on the piano. Understand music theory. Cover the basics of guitar chords. Recite the notes on the musical scale in order. Become sensitive to tone. Distinguish (by selection) between an “A” and an “F”

played on a guitar.

Instructional Objectives

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Why care about objectives? “To wonder why we should care about instructional

objectives is like wondering why we should know: where we’re going before buying a bus ticket what we’re intending to manufacture before turning on

the factory whom we intend to hit before throwing the pie.”

“…if instruction is to accomplish desired outcomes, it is imperative that those designing the instruction, as well as the ones doing the instruction, have a clear picture of those desired outcomes.” Mager, 13

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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Identifying objectives aids us in: Material/procedure selection Instructor ingenuity/creativity Consistent results Measurable results Goal Posts for Students Instructional Efficiency

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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Where do objectives come from? Objectives arise from various sources, including

personal desires (I want to play an instrument for fun), external needs (I need to learn to play an instrument in order to be on the worship team).

For educational purposes, instructional objectives should be derived systematically.

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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Systematic derivation of objectives occurs through a six-step process:1. Task listing- what specific tasks should students be able

to perform? “A task is a series of steps leading to a useful/meaningful outcome” Mager, 37.

2. Task Analysis- Identifying key steps and decisions that make up the task. Includes reason for beginning task, steps followed to complete task, indicates how to know when task is completed.

3. Skill derivation- “What would anyone have to know or be able to do before being ready to practice this entire task?” Mager, 39. What specific skills are used to competently complete the task?

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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Systematic derivation of objectives occurs through a six-step process:4. Objectives drafting- “The objective describes the

performance desired, the conditions under which the performance should occur, and the level of skill required.” Mager, 40

5. Skill-hierarchy drafting- draw a hierarchy that shows the relationship of the various skills.

6. Curriculum derivation- Customizing the objectives to fit the students. Only require demonstration of objectives that students cannot meet prior to beginning the course of study.

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Skill Hierarchy ExampleMager, 38

Make pizza

Make sauceMake doughUse oven

Measure ingredients

Read recipe

Decode abbreviations

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What are the qualities of useful objectives? “…a usefully stated objective is one that succeeds in

communicating an intended instructional result to the reader. It is useful to the extent that it conveys to others a picture of what a successful learner will be able to do; and to the extent that the picture it conveys is identical to the picture the objective writer had in mind.” Mager, 44, italics his.

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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Words open to many interpretations: To know To understand To appreciate To grasp significance of To enjoy To believe

Useful verbs in writing objectives(Mager, 45)

Words open to fewer interpretations: To write To recite To identify To sort To solve To construct/build To compare/contrast

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What not to include in objectives: Instructional procedure (“after five lectures…”) Target audience (“3-5 year olds…”) Format (e.g. one sentence, single phrase, >100 words)

What to include in objectives: Performance- what you want the student to do Conditions- the circumstances in which you want them

to do it Criterion- a standard of acceptable performance

Let’s look at each of these in detail…

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Performance: What will the learner be doing? Overt performance (audible/visible) Covert performance (inaudible/invisible)- add an

indicator to demonstrate the covert objective in an overt way: Identify the wording of John 3:16 (covert) Identify (from a list) the wording of John 3:16 (overt)

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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Conditions: What conditions will you impose? Broccoli and barbells example (Mager, 83)

Sample conditions (Mager, 85) “Using your service revolver…” “In the presence of an irate customer” “Without the aid of references” “With only a screwdriver”

How much detail? “Detailed enough to describe each of the conditions that would

be needed to allow the performance to happen; detailed enough to describe the conditions that would make a significant difference to the nature of the performance.” Mager, 85

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Criterion: How will you recognize success? Performance tells the student what you want them to be

able to do. Conditions tells them the circumstances in which you

want them to do it. Criterion tells them how well they will have to perform to

be considered competent

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Benefits of utilizing criterion:1. “You will have a standard against which to test the

success of the instruction.2. Students will know how to tell when they have met or

exceeded the performance expectations.3. You will have the basis for proving that your students

can, in fact, do what you set out to teach them.”

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Objections to utilizing criterion: “Many of the things I teach are intangible and CANNOT

be evaluated.” Mager, 112 Mager’s response, 113 “Well…all right…but if you are

teaching things that cannot be evaluated, you are in the awkward position of being unable to demonstrate that you are teaching anything at all.”

Thinking about the objectives of Christian education…tangible or intangible?

Christian Education & Instructional Objectives

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Review: Scripture Instructional Objectives How Education Helps Christians Grow

Conclusion