Teaching Youth with Confidence

Teaching Youth With Confidence - What are we trying to do with our teenagers? If this question was posed to a number of youth workers and teachers, a variety of answers would surely be given, and it is rather certain that most of the answers would be in some manner on target. However, it seems clear the one overall purpose of youth education is to fulfill the biblical mandate from Christ to change lives by making disciples (Matthew 28:18-20).

Dr. Harley T. Atkinson, 96 pages, paper, ISBN 1-929852-00-2

It is imperative that young people know and understand the foundational truths of Scripture. How shall teenagers know right from wrong if they do not understand biblical precepts? How can their lives be transformed if they do not learn to interact with the Word? Unfortunately, it appears that contemporary churched youth are ambivalent and confused about truth as they grow up in a climate where the possibility of knowing absolute truth is denied. It is the responsibility of the teacher to help his or her students respond to these urgent life-related issues in a biblical way.

About the Author
Dr. Harley Atkinson is also the author of Ministry with Youth in Crisis, and the editor of The Handbook of Young Adult Religious Education. He teaches in the School of Christian Education at Toccoa Falls College in Toccoa Falls, Georgia. Dr. Atkinson received both his M.A. and Ph.D. from Talbot School of Theology. He and his wife, Shirley, have two teenage daughters.


Table of Contents

Introduction

  1. The Challenge of Teaching Youth
  2. Teaching with Focus
  3. The Dynamic Teacher of Youth
  4. Understanding Youth as Learners
  5. Creating a Climate for Learning
  6. Understanding Adolescents: Developmental Characteristics
  7. Understanding Adolescents: Youth Culture
  8. Understanding Adolescents: Critical Issues
  9. Methods and Techniques for Teaching Youth
  10. Teaching Youth Through Small Groups
  11. Preparing to Teach
  12. Nurturing a First-Hand Faith in Adolescents

Bibliography

 

Purchasing
1148 Textbook $12.99

 

Buy Now!

 

Take Me to the Order Form
1648e Instructor's Resource Package- CD ROM $48.25
1648 Instructor's Resource Package- Paper $63.25
1748e DVD Instructor's Resource Package $73.25
1748 DVD Instructor's Resource Package- Paper $88.25
3948 DVD Only $24.95