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The Learning Cycle: Insights for Faithful Teaching from Neuroscience and the Social Sciences is unavailable, but you can change that!

How teachers teach is not necessarily how learners learn. Educators generally focus on content delivery. But much of the learning process involves affective and behavioral factors that shape learners’ outcomes. Veteran educators Muriel and Duane Elmer provide a holistic model for how learning takes place. Their learning cycle moves beyond mere recall of information to helping learners value and...

“I don’t think my Bible school education prepared me for church ministry or the problems I would be facing.” He spoke without anger or criticism, just the facts as he saw it. The jarring reality hit me: As one of his teachers, I had failed—and, frankly, failed quite miserably. It stung badly not only because of the words but because it came from a mature person of considerable talent, intellect, and potential. I felt responsible though Moses never hinted I was to blame. But I could not escape the
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