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Study Section 16: Ten Principles to Becoming a More Effective
Teacher

16.1 Connect

Have you ever noticed that people tend to do what’s important to them? They will
purchase items that give them significance. They will work hard toward some goal. People
will sacrifice whatever they must to get or achieve what they really desire.

Are you willing to do what it takes to become an effective teacher? Today we will lay out
ten principles to becoming a better teacher. If you will apply what we have shared with you about
preparation and presentations, and add these ten principles, you will be a rich blessing to your class. Be
the best you can be, for the glory of God. Let’s see how…..

16.2 Objectives

1. The student should be able to state the 10 principles, which, if applied, will improve your
teaching skills drastically.

2. The student should be able to explain that the goal of teaching is not only to present
information, but also to bring about a change in the students’ lives.

16.3 Ten Principles to Becoming a More Effective Teacher

Matt Caps, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Apex, North Carolina shared these choice
insights about effective teaching on his blog.

1. The Holy Spirit will work through your teaching

Often times, the teacher attempts to shoulder the weight of communicating God’s truth alone. But the
Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit works through the teacher (1 Cor. 12:4-11; 1 Pet. 4:10-11). As Dr. Gary
Bredfelt once said, “Teaching is a dual effort”. This aspect of teaching is often ignored in the teaching
ministry of a Christian. While the teacher may be teaching in an external sense, the Holy Spirit is often
teaching in the internal sense. This is a great comfort to those who feel the weight of teaching others.

The Bible describes the roles of the Holy Spirit in teaching. The Holy Spirit illuminates the learner (1 Cor.
2:1-16; Eph. 1:17-18), He indwells the learner (John 14:17; Rom. 5:5, 8:9; Eph. 1:13-14), and the Holy
Spirit instructs the learner (John 14:26-27, 16:7-15). These principles apply both to the teacher and the
learner. For the learners who are seeking, the Holy Spirit often draws them to Himself through teaching
(2 Cor. 4:1-6).

This can be illustrated simply by understanding that the Holy Spirit guides the whole learning process,
whether it is in an auditorium, a class room, or a small group. The Holy Spirit enables the teacher to
identify central concepts of the material, while also prompting key questions from the learner’s
perspective that may be beneficial to the other learners or even the teacher.

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