ANDRAGOGY & METHODOLOGIES IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OF ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHING METHODS OF CHURCHES IN ILE-IFE AND ILESA METROPOLIS

Abstract

The efforts by the church of seeking for how best to teach or educate its adherents on the message or mission of its founder to the world brought about the idea of Christian education and in particular the Sunday school concept a much narrower term. The Sunday school system is made up of both church teachers and learners or students or pupils as the case may be. The learners include all church members, both old and new, children, teenagers, youths and adults. The adult Sunday school as we have it in the churches today (and as far as Christian education is concerned) should utilize or apply the principles and methods of teaching adults in all adults Sunday school activities. Therefore, the purpose of this study way to better understanding of the impact of Andragogy and methodologies in Christian education of adult Sunday school teaching methods. Multistage sampling procedure was employed to select 154 and 30 sample sizes for the quantitative and qualitative phases respectively in 30 churches in both metropolis. Data collected were analyzed with descriptive statistics techniques of mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics of ANOVA was used to test the hypothesis.  Finding from this study revealed that there is a significant difference in the post-test Andragogy methodology learning mean score of adult learners posed to Andragogy learning approach and those not exposed to it. Andragogy approach to learning produce a change in adult learners in the Sunday school classes. Was therefore recommended that awareness should be created among churches of their need to apply the principles, methods, and methodologies of adult education in the teaching of their adult learners in all adult Sunday school activities.