{"id":168,"date":"2023-09-26T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/blog\/?p=168"},"modified":"2023-09-26T15:09:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T19:09:01","slug":"the-principle-approach-teaching-tip-1-leading-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/blog\/the-principle-approach-teaching-tip-1-leading-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Principle Approach &#8211; Teaching Tip #1 &#8211; Leading Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/teaching-tips-1-200x300.png\" alt=\"Teaching tips for the principle approach\" class=\"wp-image-4118\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:364px;height:546px\" width=\"364\" height=\"546\" title=\"Teaching Tips for Educators with the Principle Approach\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/teaching-tips-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/teaching-tips-1.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the keys to&nbsp;implementing the <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/04\/american-christian-education-the-principle-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Principle Approach to American Christian Education <\/a>is to teach not just facts or information but to present principles and ideas. These will remain with the student long after the facts have been forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a teacher prepares lesson plans for each day, it is important to identify the main or <em>Leading Idea&nbsp;<\/em>for the individual lesson. This <em>Idea<\/em> will govern the content of the class time and any student work. Webster defined an <em>Idea<\/em> as a concept, thought, opinion, or image in the mind, proposition, or principle. The <em>Idea<\/em> is what will remain with the student and will be supported by the facts and material selected for the class time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The confirmation of the <em>Idea<\/em> being taught will occur as the student reflects and reasons concerning the <em>Idea <\/em>taught through questions and tests. It is easy for the teacher to fall into simply teaching facts and information. To avoid this pitfall, identify the <em>Leading Idea<\/em> for each lesson and make it a part of your planning for the individual class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">If you are unfamiliar with this approach, please consider an example from <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/store\/books\/the-mighty-works-of-god-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Mighty Works of God<\/em> <\/a> history series. The example taken from the <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/store\/books\/teachers-guide-self-government-with-union-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teacher&#8217;s Guide <\/a>to the <em>Self Government <\/em>volume, introduces children, as early as the primary grades to the ideas of&nbsp;<em>thinking governmentally<\/em>. What a tremendous opportunity to teach our children and students to learn to <em>govern<\/em> their own actions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/images\/MWOG\/tg%20self%20govt%20for%20pages%203-4.pdf\">https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/images\/MWOG\/tg%20self%20govt%20for%20pages%203-4.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">If you have been teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgriminstitute.org\/store\/books\/the-mighty-works-of-god-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Mighty Works of God<\/em> <\/a>series, we invite your comments on the&nbsp;effect of teaching <em>Leading Ideas.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the keys to\u00a0implementing the Principle Approach to American Christian Education is to teach not just facts or information but to present principles and ideas. 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