Learning Styles and Spiritual Styles.pptx
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- 1. Welcome to
- 2. Find your strength. Learning through our senses. Questionnaire 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 3. Learning styles • Imaginative • Analytical • Common Sense • Dynamic Nobody will fit exactly into any one category, because we are all created by God to be different and unique, but it is likely that there will be one style that suits us best. Our tendency will always be to teach in our preferred style, so we need to determine our own learning style so that we don’t fall into the obvious trap. 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 4. Learning styles Questionnaire 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 5. I learn from brainstorming ideas I learn by discussing with others I learn from books or teachers I learn by doing Dynamic learner Imaginative learner Analytic learner Common sense learner What can this become? Why do I need to know this? How does this work? What do I need to know? See the big picture and not the details They need to talk to learn Getting along more important than being right Don’t like: manuals, lectures. Key question: Why should we learn this? Love books, like to take notes Like having a teacher Work for targets or rewards Takes time to move from head to heart Don’t like: Blank sheets, risking being wrong (especially in front of others) Key question: What Jump into action quickly Like doing things differently Creative, but might act first, think later Daring, often tend to be leaders Don’t like: Repetition, choice Key question: What can this become? Need immediate practical application Need action to learn Learn by doing Want to get on with it! Don’t like: reading & memorising, lots of talking or listening Key question: How does this work?
- 6. Learning styles Be careful not to categorise children into learning styles a child who learns to trust others by playing trust games, may also enjoy learning about the miracles of Jesus by reading them in the Bible, or hearing them being read. 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 7. Some articles which talk about Learning Styles: www.wired.com/2015/01/need-know-learning-styles-myth-two-minutes thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-myth-of-learning-styles www.bbc.com/future/story/20161010-do-we-have-a-preferred-style-of-learning www.edutopia.org/article/learning-styles-real-and-useful-todd-finley 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 8. Learning styles myth? Do people learn better one way or another? Be careful not to project what learning style you think a child has, but use a variety of learning styles to everything you do. Are you using all the senses? (Visual, Auditory, Kinaesthetic?) Do you use a mix of learning styles? (Imaginative, Analytical, Common-Sense and Dynamic?) 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 9. Csinos Spiritual Styles • Word • Action • Emotion • Symbol 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 10. ROOTS Spiritual Styles 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 11. Word Spoken and written words are central Preaching, Bible study, argument Saying what you believe clearly Clarity, accuracy, concreteness matter 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 12. Willow Willow really likes • going to a formal church service • singing hymns with beautiful words • writing her own poems • locating the readings in her Bible and seeing what comes before and after • hearing someone read well in church • being on the reading rota and practising the reading at home first • finding out about the people, places and events in the Bible Willow is uncomfortable • with craft activities and games in the children’s group • when worship varies from the familiar structure • when Bible readings and prayers are badly read out Willow knows God when she knows about God. 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 13. Emotion Getting in touch with inner feelings Personal renewal Sensing God through music, dance, drama Conversion experiences Personal relationships are treasured Jesus perceived in relational terms, as divine friend 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 14. Evie Evie really likes • being part of church clubs and groups • singing together with everyone • baking things to share during fellowship time • being involved in drama and dance at church • spending time with her friends • to know how people are feeling • group activities Evie is uncomfortable • when she can’t actively participate in worship • if she’s asked to organise a charity campaign in youth club • during the reflection times on a youth retreat Evie knows God when she can feel God, especially when she’s with others. 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 15. Symbol Value abstract symbols and metaphors, words cannot describe the transcendent God sensed through beauty, awe and wonder, and in the natural world God felt in the babbling brook or stained-glass window Value silence, meditation, chants 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 16. Sam Sam really likes • being alone to wonder about God • going outside to find God in nature • looking at pictures and objects which reflect something about God • ‘wondering’ about God • making or drawing things connected with his faith • beautiful, repetitive music Sam is uncomfortable • when there is a talk with questions • if he’s asked to participate in group activities too often • being asked to pray out loud • If he’s asked to write or read out something about God Sam knows God through mystery, symbols and images. 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 17. Action Unquenchable thirst for justice, counteracting harmful forces Spirituality is lived God seen in the cry of the poor Roll up their sleeves and get on with it Their zeal can be isolating for them 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 18. Aaron Aaron really likes • volunteering to help with charity campaigns • welcoming people as they come into church • helping with refreshments after worship • writing letters and signing petitions Aaron is uncomfortable • when no one shows enthusiasm for a fund-raising event • if they just have the Bible story and craft activities in his group • with silent prayer Aaron knows God when he’s doing the work of God. 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 19. What does this mean for us? 1. Self-awareness – Be careful not to just do things in the way you like – we are not all the same 2. Helps us to understand other people 3. Ensures that everyone has the best opportunity to engage with God 4. Try to offer variety – by offering more than one response, and aiming for a “varied diet” throughout what we do 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
- 20. Conversation… • What spiritual or learning style do you feel affinity with? • Do any of them feel alien to you? • Do you know how your children fit in? How about other volunteers? • Is there anything you want to start doing more of / doing differently? 2d Learning Styles / Spiritual Styles
Editor's Notes
- SYMBOL People with a symbol preference can find it hard to engage with others. Their preference is to worship alone, ideally out in God’s creation, rather than the confines of a building; Awe and wonder are their ways into God. They need to see the outworking of God They might find it hard to be engaged by formal worship and appreciate the highly decorated worship space which can help them relate to God. Quiet, mystical prayers are their preference.
- ACTION