Episode 10: Teaching the One (Phil Allred & Camey Andersen)

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🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

How do we find meaningful ways to connect one-on-one with our students? Teaching the gospel means more than delivering lessons—it means ministering to individuals, just as Christ did. Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin taught, “We are to be our brother’s keeper. We cannot neglect this commission given by our Savior. We must be concerned for the one.” In this episode, professors Phil Allred and Camey Andersen explore how gospel teachers can fulfill this sacred charge. By reaching out with compassion, adapting their teaching to individual needs, and creating a space where everyone feels valued, teachers can help individuals feel the Savior’s love, foster belonging, and inspire personal growth in the gospel. When we teach the one, we reflect the Savior’s love, and that love can change lives.

Y Religion Presents: Gospel Teaching is a limited series podcast where, each week during summer 2025, expert teachers share insights that highlight key principles and practices of effective gospel teaching.

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow teachers. I'm Casey Griffiths, and welcome to another episode of gospel teaching.
0:06.1	And one of the things we always hear about when it comes to improving teaching is class size.
0:10.7	I started my career teaching Released Time Seminary in the Salt Lake Valley. In the average semester,
0:16.1	I taught six classes with about 30 students each. About 10 years in my career, I did a little calculating and
0:22.2	estimated that in that decade, I taught roughly 3,600 students over the course of my career
0:28.0	so far. Then I came to BYU, where for the first three years, I taught about five classes each
0:33.4	semester with 60 students in them. When I was hired full-time at BYU, I began serving as a teaching professor, where I regularly
0:41.3	teach six to seven classes each semester with over 200 students in them.
0:45.6	I've been doing that for over 10 years, which means about 24,000 students.
0:51.0	Now in education, it's always a challenge to balance the needs of the many and the needs of the few or the one.
0:57.0	I actually love the energy in a large auditorium full of students, but I also recognize that while that setting can be a lot of fun,
1:06.0	it's usually those quiet moments where we're one-on-one with students that are even more impactful.
1:12.4	But in a calling or profession where we're asked to teach large numbers, how do we find ways
1:17.3	to connect with the one?
1:19.1	Is it possible to create those experiences with the one when we have so many students
1:24.2	to look after?
1:25.4	Today we're going to talk with two experts who can share about how
1:28.4	we can teach one-on-one, just like the Savior did. Because while we might love the energy of a large
1:34.9	classroom, sometimes the biggest impacts are made in the smallest settings. That's the topic
1:40.5	on today's episode of Gospel Teaching.
1:51.7	Every disciple of Christ is a teacher.
1:55.9	Whether in the home, at church, or out in the world, we each are called to teach the restored gospel as we strive to follow the master teacher, Jesus Christ.
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