Help your students connect what they study and creation-fall-redemption-restoration



Want to help your students to better connect the course content and Biblical principles they study to God’s story of creation-fall-redemption-restoration? Good. Reflecting on a set of DRAW questions can help you determine what action steps to take. What does “DRAW” stand for?
  • Define the facts.
  • Respond to the facts in terms of feelings/experiences.
  • Analyze the facts, feelings, and experiences.
  • What’s next?: Consider next steps.

As a result of reflecting on the following set of
DRAW questions, you will identify 1 or more SMART action steps you will take to help your students better connect the course content and Biblical principles they study to God’s story of creation-fall-redemption-restoration:
 
Define the facts:
  1. What class do you want to think about?
  2. What do your students study in that class?
  3. What connections do your students make between the course content and Biblical principles they study?
  4. What’s creation-fall-redemption-restoration?
  5. How are you students connecting the course content and Biblical principles they study and creation-fall-redemption-restoration?

R
espond to the facts in terms of feelings/experiences:
What excites/concerns you about helping your students better connect the course content and Biblical principles they study to creation-fall-redemption-restoration?
 
Analyze the facts, feelings, and experiences:
  1. How do you address creation-fall-redemption-restoration in the class you’re thinking about?
  2. What units address creation? fall? redemption? restoration?
  3. What questions do you ask about creation? fall? redemption? restoration? (What does a set of creation-fall-redemption-restoration questions look like?)
  4. What Biblical principles do you teach about creation? fall? redemption? restoration?
  5. What assessments do you give about creation? fall? redemption? restoration?
  6. What helps your students connect the course content and Biblical principles they study to creation-fall-redemption-restoration?
  7. What are your students’ learning needs regarding creation-fall-redemption-restoration?
  8. What helps/hinders you in teaching your students about creation-fall-redemption-restoration?

What’s next? Consider next steps:
To help your students better connect the course content and Biblical principles they study to creation-fall-redemption-restoration:
  1. What do you need to keep doing? start doing? stop doing?
  2. What support, encouragement, and accountability do you need?
  3. What 1 or more SMART action steps will you take?