Orality Journal Volume 3, Number 1, 2014 | Page 40

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I am confident that we can
always work in tandem with
the Holy Spirit, the ultimate
teacher. With his help and under
his supervision, and by utilizing
the best teaching/learning tools,
all Christians can build a “firm
foundation.” Seven hundred
years before Christ, a Chinese
philosopher by the name of Lao
Zu spoke these words:
Go to the people. Live with them.
Learn from them.
Begin with what they know,
Build with what they have.

Phil Thornton

And when the the work is done and
task is accomplished,
The people will say,
We have done this ourselves.
The constructivist teacher
facilitates rather than dictates.
With the help of the Holy Spirit, he
or she sits where his or her learners
sit, walks in their shoes, and
when all is said and done, leaves
no foreign (Western) footprint.
This is successful cross-cultural
teaching/learning which brings real
transformation!