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  An Evaluation of the IFLE family approach through small group in Northern Mindanao, Philippines

  (Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2010-03) Generato, Don Richards T.

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  Barra SDA Church is one of the sixteen local churches of Opol District of Northern Mindanao Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It has sponsored various evangelistic meetings conducted by visiting evangelists, union directors, local conference presidents/directors, and district pastors. However, among all the evangelistic programs that were conducted, the integrated family life evangelistic (IFLE) approach was not used. The IFLE is an evangelistic program that focuses on the family—making home the center and wedge for evangelistic purposes. Since the IFLE is a new evangelistic program to Barra SDA Church, the purpose of this study is to implement and evaluate the integrated family life evangelistic program through the small group. The author of the IFLE material is Gordon and Waveney Martinborough. Biblical and theoretical reasons for the project are established. Passages from the Old and New Testament were consulted to support the concept of the importance of family evangelism and the sequence of implementation. The implementation of the IFLE program through the small group was conducted in Barra SDA Church. It covered objectives, participants, program, schedule, and budget. The result of the evaluation was shown. Recommendations and suggestions were made on how the IFLE program through the small group can be improved. The conclusion is that the IFLE program conducted in Barra SDA Church is a feasible approach to evangelistic work and a new evangelistic tool of Opol District of Northern Mindanao Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In this way, many people will learn the values inside the home and more importantly will be led to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.

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  Training kindergarten teachers to implement teaching techniques, structures, and strategies : an action research

  (Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2017-02) Ramirez, Ruth

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  The qualifications and skill levels of teachers for kindergarten has been raised to a substantially high standard. For this reason, one of the avenues kindergarten teachers can use to enhance their teaching skills is to know how to implement a variety of teaching processes—techniques, structures, and strategies (Green & Henriquez-Green, 2008) in their classroom through the use of a specific research-based training model (Joyce & Showers, 2002). This study is a qualitative action research. It aimed to improve my own teaching practices and training skills. I followed Sagor’s (2000) seven steps of designing an action research to describe the experience of using techniques, structures, and strategies in kindergarten. I observed four kindergarten teachers (one Chinese, one Malaysian, and two Filipinos in an international school) who were purposively selected according to specific criteria to be the participants of the study. The duration of the training was 5 weeks. The data were collected through observations, interviews, lesson plans, the literature review, and teachers’ journals. I was able to adapt the teaching processes to the kindergarten level and train kindergarten teachers to implement these adaptations. As a result, I reflected on my own practice and developed a plan which helped me continue to improve as a trainer and as a teacher in adapting the teaching process to the kindergarten level. The purpose was also to record very carefully the process so that others might learn how to adapt their own practices both in teaching and training others. Improving my training skills; teaching practice; and adaptation to the techniques, structures, and strategies empowers me to become a teacher who can meet the needs of the 21st century students and teachers.

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