The seminars were led by Ko Spyksma, a volunteer from British Columbia. God has blessed her with the gift to relate well with her students (in this case her students were Nigerian teachers).
Here Ko is demonstrating how a lesson can be interesting with limited resources...such as using garbage!
This was our classroom for the week...
The seminar encouraged teachers to see their jobs as callings from God. They were challenged to see God's CREATION as the foundation for curriculum. They were challenged to see their children as image bearers of God, and love them accordingly. They were challenged to think, and to make their students think beyond rote memorization "knowledge".
The teachers learned that they can learn from each other, and so can their students...
They got to draw, an unusual practice in Nigerian classrooms. Here the teachers drew collaboratively to illustrate different creation principles. Can you figure out what this one might be??
And finally, a VERY important part of seminars in Nigeria...the CERTIFICATE!
My biggest prayer now would be that teachers would take what they have learned and actually bring about transformation in their classrooms, and in the lives of the children! Anna is one of such teachers:
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