For teachers: The Gospel of Mark Project - Using Co-construction Methods (Work in progress)
The principle in a using co-construction is that the whole class is involved and planning and delivering in this unit on Mark Gospel.They work with the teacher to plan the content, agree to the sequence of lessons, to deliver the whole or part of the lesson, to set and mark homework and to design assessments. I hope that the outcomes will be the same as those reported in the article, “Co-constructing your classes: Putting students in the driver's seat ,”Empowered with this level of responsibility students come up with great ideas for lessons, discover or produce superb resources and demonstrate real authority in leading class discussions. To start off, find out how much your students already know. How much do you already know about Jesus? If you have never heard of Jesus, what do you think a person who is God would do on earth? Write it down in a mind map or paragraph or take a video of yourself talking about it. Post it on a shared document for the groups to access and analyse. S...