What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Quotes for Children's Sabbath School Teachers"
Answer
Children's Sabbath school teachers should use modern teaching methods such as visual instruction, pictures, and blackboards to convey truth in an understandable and interesting way. It is essential that teachers have a personal relationship with Christ and do not overwhelm the children with long speeches, but choose short, concise points. The goal of Sabbath school is to lovingly lead the children to Jesus and teach them biblical truths, rather than merely maintaining outward forms or ceremonies.
Methods and Goal of the Children's Sabbath School
»Our Sabbath schools should be made more interesting. Public schools have greatly improved their teaching methods in recent years. Visual instruction, pictures, and blackboards are used to make difficult lessons understandable to the youthful mind. Likewise, the present truth can be simplified and made extremely interesting for the active spirit of the children. ... Sabbath school teachers can instruct the children in truth, and they will, in turn, carry it into the home circle. ... The methods that have been applied with such success in public schools could be used in Sabbath schools with similar results and be a means to bring children to Jesus and educate them in biblical truth.«
Avoidance of Mechanical Teaching and Long Speeches
»It is not the best plan for teachers to do all the talking; instead, they should get the class to tell what they know. Then the teacher should imprint the lesson in their minds with a few short, apt remarks or illustrations. Under no circumstances should teachers go through the lesson mechanically and then sit back while the children stare around, whisper, and play... The active spirit of the children should be constantly engaged. Their ideas should be drawn out and corrected or affirmed... It requires skill, a will, perseverance, and a spirit like Jacob's, when he wrestled in prayer and cried out, \"I will not let you go unless you bless me.\«
The Spiritual Responsibility of Teachers
»Many seem to have thought that the essential part of Sabbath school work is to organize the school and drill the students so that they act in accordance with a series of ceremonies and forms... Teachers are often chosen who cannot lead souls to Christ because they themselves do not know what it means to regard Him as precious for their own soul. ... If teachers do not feel a burden to lead souls to Jesus, they will become indifferent to the truth... and the atmosphere that surrounds their souls will contribute to driving people away from Christ.«
Simplicity and Brevity in Teaching
»Those who teach children should avoid long-winded remarks. Short and apt comments will have a happy influence. If much must be said, brevity is compensated by frequency. ... Long speeches burden the small minds of children. Too much talk will lead them to even despise spiritual instruction, just as overeating burdens the stomach and reduces appetite... Children must be drawn toward heaven, not hastily, but very gently.«
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