Teaching for Transformation.
Transformation.
Formation.
Within the core and essential practices of Teaching for Transformation, there is the common principle of formation. All the practices intend to shape—to form—the learners (teachers and students) in a particular . . . peculiar . . . kind of way.
In A Bowl of Perfect Light: Stories of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Repairing the World, author Megan McKenna says the following about formation, or in her words, becoming:
We were created to be the friends of Jesus, the friends of God, friends with one another. . . . And so, we begin this journey of becoming, this way of being in the world guided by Jesus’s own words and actions that we will repeat over and over again in all our relationships and in so many moments of our lives.
Guided by the words and actions of Jesus, TfT attempts to bring this essence of becoming to the classroom. Students and teachers will have the opportunity to practice over and over again as learners within God’s story.