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Author Archives: Israel Galindo
Concepts: depth, not coverage
A perpetual challenge for teachers is overcoming the temptation of trying to teach too much material and content. Many lesson plans and courses I examine attempt way too much content coverage to be effective. The fact is that learning is … Continue reading
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Best advice on writing
I’ve had several conversations with people about “how to write†lately. That topic seems to come in waves and in seasons. Over the course of several weeks all of a sudden it seems people get interested in the matter of … Continue reading
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Educational Shibboleth: Learning styles
I first became fascinated with the concept of “learning styles†when in high school. And in graduate school I wrote a 55-page paper on the topic, covering the studies, research, and applications of learning styles in education. But over the … Continue reading
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A. E. Bell, Telephones, and Praises
The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? Myth: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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Should you kill that small Sunday School class?
An educational staff person recently asked me about a problem often encountered in the Sunday School program. She had a class of (older) adults whose Sunday School class averaged around 3 persons (but not always the same three persons!). These … Continue reading
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Questions for Evaluating Curriculum Literature
We’re just at the start of the new fall Christian Education year in our churches (and, as Vanessa pointed out, the fall “new year†has more to do with adapting to the secular calendar than to the ecclesial calendar). But … Continue reading
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Lions, Hyenas, and Teaching
The following is adapted from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? MYTH: The lion is the king of the jungle because of its dominance as … Continue reading
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Tony Buzan on learning HOW to learn
I recently spent a couple of days leading seminars and workshops. At the start of each workshop I would tell the participants, “I want to begin by telling you what I tell my students at the start of my courses … Continue reading
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Just the facts, please
As a former principal of a private school I suppose I can be accused of being biased on the issue of private “vs.†public schools, parental choice, vouchers, etc. The school I served was in Miami with a 93% minority … Continue reading
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Things that would cause me to walk out on worship
Due warning: this is a rant of uncommon impatience. Now that I’m on the other side of the pulpit, in the pews as part of the congregation, I find that my impatience with “bad worship†has increased. This summer I … Continue reading
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