Once we have used the Grammar methods to instill enough basic grammar, the student at the Dialectic level is ready for discussion and argumentation. This requires a much different approach to classroom instruction than in Grammar. Here we seek to help the student organized all the grammar they have been learning about a given subject. This sort of thinking goes beyond bare facts to that of logic. That is why we begin including studies in formal logic, but also why every class seeks to bring forth the argument of the subject at hand.
Debate is taught and then used as a commonplace technique in the classroom.
The abstract is highlighted. This does mean that when our methods change, and the classroom opens up for more student interaction with the teacher that subjects will be discussed that were previously not a part of the classroom. Theology is approached much more from a systematic approach than from straight reading of the text. Life issues, morality, ethics and the like will be frequent topics of discussion. It is our expectation that most students will already be discussing these things at home with their parents and we view the classroom simply as an extension of this training ground.