Teaching for Change: Eight Keys for Transformational Bible Study with Teens

Teaching for Change: Eight Keys for Transformational Bible Study with Teens

Teaching for Change guides teachers to unravel the mystery of how students absorb and process information. This insight leads to better prepared lessons that will engage the hearts and minds of students. Coley offers many easily implemented ideas for sharing the truth of God's Word that will connect with teens on a deeper level. Along with providing eight key concepts of effective teaching essential to real transformation in the lives of students, Coley also includes practical illustrations of how the key concepts look in a typical lesson. Each chapter ends with questions for deeper reflection or group discussion. This book is a vital source for anyone who instructs teens. Teaching that creates change requires knowledge about what works well and doesn't work well in helping students understand God's Word. Dr. Coley has provided a very practical primer of proven effective teaching techniques that are inspiring and easily implemented across all cultures and age groups. --Dr. Mary Martin, Moody Bible Institute Ken Coley has spent much of his life carefully studying how to craft transformational Bible study for teenagers. He is a recognized leader in the field. As a gift to the kingdom and to youth ministry, he has consolidated his insights in this new book. Youth pastors who speak to packed rooms of teenagers, those who weekly lead small-group Bible studies, and those who mentor a teenager one-on-one all will profit from his insights. I highly recommend this book to those special leaders committed to the next generation. --Richard Ross, PhD, Professor of Student Ministry at Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas Ken Coley and I have been friends a long time. As colleagues at different institutions, we both researches, write, and created academic stuff. However when we talked in person and the topic of teaching students the Bible came up, he always said that it was more than sit still while the teacher instills. In this well-researched contribution, Dr. Coley makes that principle come alive. With updated references and indentifiable stories, any teacher with any background can be encouraged and equipped. You will buy multiple copies of this one! --Dr. Allen Jackson, Professor of Youth Education and Collegiate Ministry, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Ken Coley, Ed.D., has enjoyed a long career in education that includes church ministry and educational leadership. For the last twenty years he has taught masters and doctoral level classes in educational leadership at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. Currently Coley is the director of the Doctor of Education Program. He frequently speaks at conferences throughout the United States and has presented internationally in Canada, Haiti, Cuba, Panama, and the Congo (DRC). Ken has been married ti his wife Kathy for 42 years, and they have two children, Scott and Caitlin, who are both teachers.