Mentor's Manual

Sec t i on I I : Under s tand i ng the Ro l e of the Mentor

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implications and applications relevant to these particular students and their cultural context. This means that you, the Mentor, must take seriously the questions and implications raised by the students. While you should freely share your own accumulated wisdom about ministry, there should also be a deliberate discussion of whether the implications and applications which you share will be applicable for all the cultures, sub-cultures and socio-economic classes represented by the students. Student-to-student interaction and peer learning can also be an important part of the contextualization process and should be encouraged. While this emphasis on contextualization should guide everything you do in regard to your students, it is particularly important in the parts of the lesson that are prepared and taught directly by the Mentor, that is, in the Contact and Connection sections. The next pages of this manual are designed to introduce you to the structure of our lessons (including Contact and Connection ) and to help you understand your role in teaching them.

Contextualization

The Mentor and Cultural