Abstract:
This study was aimed at evaluating the relevance of the teaching methods
employed by Sunday school teachers in teaching Christian values among children of
ages 2-5 years in Africa Inland Church Kenya. This research served two purposes;
first, to ascertain the methods teachers use and second to test the relevance of those
methods for the purpose of ensuring that the pre-school children comprehend and
internalize the word of God in their lives.
This was a descriptive study in which a survey was carried out in order to
detect teachers' opinions concerning the relevance of the methods they use to teach
pre-school children. Data collection involved the use of open-ended and closed-ended
questionnaires. The questionnaires were administered to 30 Sunday school teachers
who minister to pre-schoolers in nine Africa Inland Churches around Nairobi. Since
the study sought to find out the relationship between perception of relevance and
factors such as teachers' age, gender, class size, length of ministry experience and
teachers' educational levels, the statistical instrument used to determine this
relationship was chi-square test of independence.
Findings revealed that teachers perceived story telling, music and visuals to be
the most commonly used teaching methods in communicating Bible truths among preschool
children. In addition, teachers perceived prayer, music and stories to be the
most relevant teaching methods in their endeavor. It was also found out that age,
gender, educational level, length of ministry experience and class size were not
factors to consider when determining perception of relevance of teaching methods.
