Finding GOD in Every Lesson

 

Whether one finds GOD in a burning bush like Moses or in a liberal arts classroom like Northfield students, the effect on us is always the same ... remove our shoes because the "ground" is holy.

As faculty, we need to understand how to teach in a way that will help our students find GOD in every lesson ... so that the awe-fullness of all things comes across loud and clear.

We have learned that the best way to do this is by following the pedagogical progression of the Trivium:

• first establish the grammar,
• then identify the logic and
• finally engage in the rhetoric.

If we will faithfully do this in planning each lesson regardless of the specific subject then the progression itself [which is the vital sequence for learning about any subject] will show thru in teaching every lesson and establish [over time] the conscious use of the progression in the student's mind as the path for all learning.

The linked essay titled "Finding GOD in Every Lesson" presents some thoughts and guidelines which I hope may prove helpful to old and new faculty alike in planning your lessons and teaching your students.

Bob Love, September 2020