Religious Education - Euphemia
I decided that I was unhappy with what was being taught in Church School and especially with the environment of that instruction. There have been repeated incidents of bullying and ethno-centric preference and instruction. I have decided to become the primary religious instructor for Euphemia (age five years three months) … Octavia is too young (one year and five months) to instruct.
I have decided that the emphasis will be on the “what and why” instead of the more conventional ritual/piety and morality approach. We are going in for dogma. It can be taught in its fullest but it must be made understandable for a five year old. We will begin with the Creed of the Church/Faith.
Instruction will be done one on one about every fourth day. The intent is to keep it under 20 minutes … ideally 10-15 minutes. I am going to use a conversational approach, probe for her current understanding and build upon that. I will use the technique of brief-back.
This means for each sub-segment I will ask her to tell me in her own words what we just talked about and then at the end to give me a summation of the entire segment in her own words to ascertain what she retained and understood. Also to understand how she understands the material and what linkages she prefers and makes in order to be an effective instructor.
I'll try and post what we do and how it goes as we walk together down this road.
Justinian
I have decided that the emphasis will be on the “what and why” instead of the more conventional ritual/piety and morality approach. We are going in for dogma. It can be taught in its fullest but it must be made understandable for a five year old. We will begin with the Creed of the Church/Faith.
Instruction will be done one on one about every fourth day. The intent is to keep it under 20 minutes … ideally 10-15 minutes. I am going to use a conversational approach, probe for her current understanding and build upon that. I will use the technique of brief-back.
This means for each sub-segment I will ask her to tell me in her own words what we just talked about and then at the end to give me a summation of the entire segment in her own words to ascertain what she retained and understood. Also to understand how she understands the material and what linkages she prefers and makes in order to be an effective instructor.
I'll try and post what we do and how it goes as we walk together down this road.
Justinian