A Unique Approach to Seminary Training : Improve the Format and Presentation of I.L.T.I. Material
One consistent complaint sited while conducting the ILTI-15 Year Evaluation was that it was "too hard." Because of this, the I.L.T.I. Board of Directors ordered all our material throughly examined, reviewed, and critiqued. The subsequent review agreed with the findings of the ILTI 15-Year Evaluation, that the material is difficult to study.
This was due to a lack of transitional statements between major points ("lack of flow.") Although the I.L.T.I. material had been constructed line upon line, precept upon precept, there was often a lack of explanatory statements, which allowed the student to follow the transition from point to point smoothly. The critique concluded that only those who are academically minded could easily follow and understand how one point modified or enhanced the next. Those who were not used to this type of academic approach often did not comprehend the transitions. (Most I.L.T.I. students do not come from an academic background)
The Board decided that both the format and presentation of our material needed a complete revision. We need to add transition statements where required, explain concepts more thoroughly, and above all make lessons more interactive. As a result, we will be injecting more modern and more intuitive teaching methods into the I.L.T.I. courses.
Instead of a precept by precept presentation that the student is expected to comprehend and learn by rote, we will take the student through a series of exercises designed to guide him through the process of understanding. We will design their new lessons to make each student think and discover the answer for himself.
These lessons will include study objectives that will focus the student’s attention toward parts of the text they should attempt to understand and comprehend. We will also ask questions designed to make the student use their acquired skills to develop a true understanding of the text. Once he has done this, the lesson will present a thorough explanation of each principle to assure the student has a complete understanding of it. Finally we will reenforce the lesson by a series of questions designed to make him explain his thoughts.
With the insertion of new material, individual units of study will be larger and take longer to study. However it is our firm belief that new material will greatly enhance the comprehension and retention level of each student. By using this new format I.L.T.I. can retain its in-depth approach to Biblical studies, while providing a forum that allows greater understanding of our material. It is our hope that without sacrificing depth of study I.L.T.I. will no longer be 'too difficult' to use.
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A Unique Approach to Seminary Training:
1) A multi-tiered approach to training leaders
2) Training and assistance for I.L.T.I. teachers
3) New presentation and format
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