To target Biblical perspective, DRAW others out

07/02/09 19:19 Filed in: Curriculum | Protocols | Questions | Reflection
You're at school, and you want to help others grow. Instead of giving advice or suggestions, ask questions that fit the DRAW protocol:
  • Define: Get the facts defined.
  • Respond: Get the facts responded to in terms of feelings/experiences.
  • Analyze: Get the facts, feelings, and experiences analyzed.
  • What’s next?: Get next steps considered.
 
Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a faculty meeting conversation about a Biblical perspective of science-related issues:
 
Define: Get the facts defined.
  1. What do the following 5 terms mean: creationism, theory of evolution, common ancestry, microevolution, and evolutionism?
  2. What questions do students, parents, staff, and board members ask about these 5 terms?
  3. What are your students taught about these 5 terms?
  4. What’s the school’s position on these 5 terms?
Respond: Get the facts responded to in terms of feelings/experiences.
  1. What excites/frustrates you about these 5 terms?
  2. What positive/negative experiences have you had related to these 5 terms?
Analyze: Get the facts, feelings, and experiences analyzed.
  1. Scale of 1-10 (10 being high), how important is it for your school to address these 5 terms?
  2. What helps/hinders students as they work to learn about these 5 terms?
  3. For your students to learn about these 5 terms, what do teachers need to keep doing? start doing? stop doing?
What’s next?: Get next steps considered.
  1. What action steps will you take?
  2. What resources will you need?
  3. Who’s responsible for what?
  4. How will you hold each other accountable?