Elements of effective teaching from Elder Bednar

1. Key Doctrine
2. Invitation to Action
3. Promised Blessing

(Get the president Monson Quote)
The goal of gospel teaching is not to pour knowledge into the minds . . . {it is to help students thing about, learn about and do something about applying gospel principles}

President Monson has taught: “The goal of gospel teaching . . . is not to ‘pour information’ into the minds of class members. . . . The aim is to inspire the individual to think about, feel about, and then do something about living gospel principles“

When Moroni appeared to the Prophet Joseph, he not only taught him key doctrines of the Restoration, but he also told him that “God had a work for [him] to do”

Not all of us teach future prophets but we are all teaching future leaders of the Church. So we teach key doctrine, invite learners to do the work God has for them, and then promise that blessings will surely come.

When I was in my teens, a recently returned missionary named Brother Peterson taught our Sunday School class. Every week he would draw a large arrow from the lower left-hand corner of the blackboard pointing to the upper right-hand corner. Then he would write at the top of the blackboard, “Aim High.”

Whatever doctrine he was teaching, he would ask us to stretch ourselves, to reach a little higher than we thought was possible. The arrow and those two words, aim high, were a constant invitation throughout the lesson. . .

Brother Peterson had a work for us to do. His goal was to help us “think about, feel about, and then do something about living gospel principles.”

When inspiration comes, do I close the manual and open their eyes and their ears and their hearts to the glory of God?

Learning and teaching are not optional activities in the kingdom of God. They are the very means by which the gospel has been restored to the earth and by which we will gain eternal life. They provide the pathway to personal testimony. No one can be “saved in ignorance”