Teach for Competence, Not Just Completion: When Learning Finally Leaves the Workbook
Celebrate Kids Podcast with Dr. Kathy

Teach for Competence, Not Just Completion: When Learning Finally Leaves the Workbook

B1IntermediateSeptember 30, 202622 min

In this episode of the Celebrate Kids Podcast, Dr. Kathy Koch and Wayne Stender explore why knowing the right answer on a test is not the same as being ready to use that knowledge in real life. Using driver's education as an example, they discuss how experience, practice, character, and different learning strengths all contribute to genuine competence. Parents will be encouraged to look beyond conventional measures of success and teach their children in ways that help them become capable and confident in the situations they will actually face.

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Hey everyone, this is Wayne. And before we jump into today's podcast, I wanna let you know that we're brought to you by our friends over at Summit Ministries.

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Now is a great time to start talking to your kids about the future of what they're gonna do, maybe at the end of the year. Maybe they're 16 years old

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and they're looking potentially at starting up school, but you're knowing that they need some worldview training and some encouragement. Maybe they're like seniors in high school

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