Difference Between Rote Learning And Conversational Teaching

“Methods of education: rote learning and conversational teaching”

There are two different ways of learning presented in this essay. These methods are rote learning and conversational teaching. Both of them have the purpose to help the Christian communities at churches to increase the knowledge that the congregation has about their beliefs and traditions. Equally, they can be useful for the people in charge of a group at church, from pastors to ministries’ leaders. On this case, conversational teaching is the best method to apply at churches considering it searches the transformation of people through the understating of a topic with the use of socialization. It is necessary to compare both of them and review at their elements to identify when

First, there is “rote learning” which was proposed by Joel A. Smelley Jr., he defines it through the concept of Tokuma-Espinosa as “a learning technique that emphasizes memorization rather than understanding of a subject” (Smelley Jr. 310) that means that this method is just about learning as much information as you can and retaining it on your head without using the knowledge to apply it to life. It is a mechanical way of learning. Second, we have the “conversational teaching” that was proposed by Beverly C. Johnson-Miller. Here, the use of daily conversation and interaction with others is fundamental since it is supposed to be the only way to share with others and have a transformation. The author remarks that “Conversation means to turn together and presupposes a process of conversion” (Johnson-Miller 379), this means that by listening to others experiences or previous knowledge you are always going to learn something new and after understanding it, there is going to be a modification in one person or a whole group in a determined area of their