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The Discover Triad

• SHEPHERDING

Building a Biblical Model of Student DevelopmentBuilding a Biblical Model of Student Development

For development to be For development to be biblical, biblical,

it must also be relationalit must also be relationalHe said to him, “Love the Lord your God with He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind…Love your neighbor as yourself.”your mind…Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Matthew 22:37-39Matthew 22:37-39

• I do, you watch.I do, you watch.• I do, you help.I do, you help.• You do, I help.You do, I help.• You do, I watch.You do, I watch.• You do, I do something You do, I do something

else.else.

• SCRIPTURE

“Never Tell A Student Anything You Can Lead

Him To Discover On His Own”

The days of telling a student what the Bible says and then expecting them to go

“do” it are over!

A Socratic approach to teaching is based on the practice of disciplined, rigorously thoughtful dialogue.

Why are good questions important?1. Questioning is essential for two-way

communication between a teacher and student, or between students and themselves.

Good questions...• elicit thought from students • helps students build their

understanding.• draws out what students are thinking.

• Support active, student-centered learning

• Facilitate inquiry-based learning

• Help students to construct knowledge

• Help students to develop problem-solving skills

• Improve long-term retention of knowledge

2. Good questions promote student-centered teaching by:

• making them more aware of their learning process

• promoting high-level thinking

• giving them an opportunity to provide feedback about what they don’t understand, what they do understand, and what they need in order to enhance their understanding

• TO EXPLORE a general aspect of life or Bible study material

• TO ENCOURAGE creativity and brainstorming

• TO FOCUS attention on a specific issue or problem

• STORIES

His Stories

Your Stories

Their Stories

His Stories:

4 Characteristics of good storytelling:– Single themed, clearly

defined story– Well developed plot– Faithful to source– Dramatic appeal

Strengths of the oral language

• Variety of Expression• Tone • Facial Expression - the face can give

a sense of pain, happiness, urgency, and a host of other feelings.

• Gestures - use the body to relay the actions and movement of a story.

• Humor through Contrasts - The strong, simultaneous expression of two contrasting attitudes creates a humorous effect.

• Transitions - changing from first to third person can help students place themselves in a situation and discuss it for themselves.

• Nonreversible Time - the listener cannot move ahead of the storyteller. They must wait for you to move further into the story.

• Pause - “oral language requires sound and silence”… “A common mistake is to believe that a story consists only of words, and therefore a pause is the absence of story.”

Preparing the story –• Read the story in scripture. • ReRead the story,

visualizing it in your mind• Read for a third time,

noticing sound, smell, sight, emotion words

• Live in the story

Turn to John 21:1-19 and silently read the story as you walk around the room. Notice the smell, sound, emotion, and sight words as you read.