Found out a little bit more about this. In short, lessons are to be tailored by the teacher, rather than just teaching lessons from the book as was done before. You go online and kind of do a "choose-your-own-adventure" lesson, by clicking through various options.
Without having actually tried the process, I think this is a step forward. It has to be, because the original lesson manuals were atrocious. And boring. If you did not teach the lessons, then you were disobeying the church. But if you did teach the lessons, then you were betraying common sense.
The same curriculum that currently teaches young men in the church not to marry out of their race.
It is now 2012, and only now are their some cracks in the Harold B. Lee correlated curriculum. We are now doing something revolutionary--use inspiration to guide what you teach the kids.
The most memorable teachers from my youth--the ones that strayed from the curriculum and had passion for what they taught. And ones that were memorable for their admirable personal characteristics (integrity, kindness).
Passion. Imagine that. It's useful.
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