How Does Jesus Promoted Learning

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Schunk () defines learning as, “an enduring change in behavior, or in the capacity to behave in a given fashion, which results from practice or other forms of experience.” Jesus promoted learning through thinking and the use of teachable moments. The use of teachable moments is evident throughout Jesus’s life. Lee () refers to Jesus’s teaching style as “Discovery Learning”. We see this in the Gospel of Luke as Jesus is teaching his disciples to pray.

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach use to pray, as John taught his disciples.” And he said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed by your name. Your kingdom come. ()

Jesus acknowledges that his disciples are