Teaching tips

Want to turn your classroom into a hotbed of discussion?

Deborah Carpenter and Dana Bincer of Biblical Integration Ideas share an engaging instructional strategy you can use to help your students connect what they study and what the Bible teaches:

Want to turn your classroom into a hotbed of discussion? Get your students thinking about and discussing biblically based open-ended questions. Read More...

Tell narratives and faith stories

Dan Beerens
Dan Beerens, vice president of learning services at Christian Schools International, focuses on Christian education in his blog Nurturing Faith. In this blog entry, he writes about telling narratives/faith stories, an instructional strategy you can use to help your students connect what they study and Biblical teaching. Read More...

Model the appropriate behavior

Dan Beerens
Dan Beerens, vice president of learning services at Christian Schools International, focuses on Christian education in his blog Nurturing Faith. In this blog entry, he writes about modeling, an instructional strategy you can use to help your students connect what they study and Biblical teaching. Read More...

Ask your students difficult questions

Dan Beerens
Dan Beerens, vice president of learning services at Christian Schools International, focuses on Christian education in his blog Nurturing Faith. In this blog entry, he writes about asking questions, an instructional strategy you can use to help your students connect what they study and Biblical teaching. Read More...

10 ways to help your students increase their understanding and use a Biblical perspective

Looking for ways to help your students increase their understanding and use a Biblical perspective? Here’s a list of 10. Read More...

Cooperative learning helps students connect course content and Biblical teaching

Anda Foxwell, 6th grade social studies teacher, reflects on her Biblical perspective unit, concluding that having students work together helps students connect course content and Biblical teaching.

Use 1 test question to cultivate reflection and Biblical perspective

Kim Essenburg 90X90
Kim Essenburg serves with Christian Reformed World Missions by teaching English 10 at Christian Academy in Japan. Kim shares about the power of using 1 test question:

Learning involves reflection.
Increasing understanding and application of a Biblical perspective involves reflection. And reflection involves time. To cultivate student reflection and student understanding and application of a Biblical perspective, I provide 1 open-ended test question on each unit test. Read More...