Have your students connect 3 things

30/05/09 12:04 Filed in: Video | Biblical principles | Creation-Fall-Redemption-Restoration

To help your students develop a Christ-centered worldview, have them connect course content, Biblical priniciples, and God's story of creation-fall-redemption-restoration.

Help your students connect what they study and creation-fall-redemption-restoration

Want to help your students to better connect the course content and Biblical principles they study to God’s story of creation-fall-redemption-restoration? Good. Reflecting on a set of DRAW questions can help you determine what action steps to take. What does “DRAW” stand for?

Define: Get the facts defined.
Respond: Get the facts responded to in terms of feelings/experiences.
Analyze: Get the facts, feelings, and experiences analyzed.
What’s next?: Get next steps considered.

As a result of reflecting on the following set of DRAW questions, you will identify 1 or more SMART action steps you will take to help your students better connect the course content and Biblical principles they study to God’s story of creation-fall-redemption-restoration. Read More...

What 3 student learning needs will you meet?

09/04/09 08:08 Filed in: Meet learning needs | What 3?

You know that when you meet your students’ learning needs, they do better. Since you want your students to do better on connecting what they study and Biblical principles, you decide to meet specific learning needs.

Question: What 3 learning needs will you meet? Read More...

Why a Biblical worldview is critically important

16/03/09 08:47 Filed in: Vision | Worldview education

Dan Beerens, vice president of learning services at Christian Schools International, focuses on Christian education in his blog Nurturing Faith. In this blog entry, he discusses why a Biblical worldview is critically important.

Ron Sider presents evidence in his disturbing book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience: Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World?, that evangelicals without a Biblical worldview are not living any differently (or in some cases demonstrating worse behavior) than the average non-evangelical. However, all is not gloom and despair! In the last part of his book he presents a strong argument that evangelicals with a Biblical worldview demonstrate different behavior – deeply committed Christians demonstrate more Godly behavior and spend significantly more time living out their faith. Read More...

How would you/your school develop a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum?

As a result of getting a Christ-centered education, we want our students to love God with their minds. So, we want our students to develop a Christ-centered worldview. One way to do to this is by having our students experience a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum:

Guaranteed: All teachers at a given Christian school teach specified Bible content in each subject they teach.
Viable: All teachers have sufficient instructional time to teach the specified Bible content.
Biblical perspective: The specified Bible content is formatted as Biblical principles. Each Biblical principle is supported by at least 3 Bible passages.
Curriculum: The specified Bible content is documented in the curriculum.

To move forward on developing a Biblical perspective curriculum, you’ve reflected on 5 key questions:

Regarding developing a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum, what are the opportunities/problems?
What’s your stakeholders’ perspective of a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum?
Where are you/your school in terms of having a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum?
Regarding developing a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum, what’s your/your school’s level of motivation?
To develop a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum, what do you/your school need to keep doing? start doing? stop doing?

What do you/your school need to keep doing? start doing? stop doing?

26/02/09 07:11 Filed in: Curriculum

You want to more effectively help your students connect what they study and what the Bible teaches. So, you’ve identified your goal: To develop a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum:

Guaranteed: All teachers at a given Christian school teach specified Bible content in each subject they teach.
Viable: All teachers have sufficient instructional time to teach the specified Bible content.
Biblical perspective: The specified Bible content is formatted as Biblical principles. Each Biblical principle is supported by at least 3 Bible passages.
Curriculum: The specified Bible content is documented in the curriculum.

To move forward on your goal, you’ve reflected on 4 key questions. Read More...

What 3 engaging instructional strategies will you use?

13/02/09 08:07 Filed in: Engaging instruction | What 3?

You’re focused on helping your students develop a Christ-centered worldview. During class, you want to help your students connect Biblical principles and what they study.

Question: What 3 engaging instructional strategies will you use? Read More...

To target Biblical perspective, DRAW others out

07/02/09 19:19 Filed in: Curriculum | Protocols | Questions | Reflection

You're at school, and you want to help others grow. Instead of giving advice or suggestions, ask questions that fit the DRAW protocol:

Define: Get the facts defined.
Respond: Get the facts responded to in terms of feelings/experiences.
Analyze: Get the facts, feelings, and experiences analyzed.
What’s next?: Get next steps considered.

Here's a set of DRAW questions you can use for a faculty meeting conversation about a Biblical perspective of science-related issues. Read More...

Use 5 questions to identify Biblical teaching that connects to what your students are studying

You want your students to connect what they study and what the Bible teaches. You’re clear on what your students are studying. You’re not as clear on what Biblical teaching connects to what your students are studying.

Question: How can you determine what Biblical teaching connects to what your students are studying? Read More...

Use 8 questions to reflect on a subject area

Targeting Biblical perspective is vital. To get an idea of where your academic department is in terms of targeting Biblical perspective, reflect on 8 questions:

What’s God’s purpose?
What’s wrong?
What difference does Jesus make?
What will you do?
What does the your department target?

Use 4 creation-fall-redemption-restoration questions to develop a Biblical perspective of your subject area

27/01/09 14:17 Filed in: Protocols | Questions | Testimonial | Biblical perspective of academic discipline

You want develop a Biblical perspective of your subject area. Good.

Question: How can you do this?

Answer: By reflecting on creation-fall-redemption-restoration questions. Read More...

What’s your/your school’s level of motivation?

24/01/09 08:23 Filed in: Curriculum | Worldview education | Support, encouragement, accountability

Your goal: To develop a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum:

Guaranteed: All teachers at a given Christian school teach specified Bible content in each subject they teach.
Viable: All teachers have sufficient instructional time to teach the specified Bible content.
Biblical perspective: The specified Bible content is formatted as Biblical principles. Each Biblical principle is supported by at least 3 Bible passages.
Curriculum: The specified Bible content is documented in the curriculum.

My question: Regarding developing a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum, what’s your/your school’s level of motivation? Read More...

Use 9 questions to reflect on Biblical perspective in your course

Targeting Biblical perspective is vital. To get an idea of where you are in terms of targeting Biblical perspective, reflect on 9 questions:

What kind of people do you want your students to be?
What do you want your students to understand about God and His creation?
What’s your vision?
What do you target?
Specifically, what do you want your students to connect?

Specifically, what do you want your students to connect?

10/01/09 11:05 Filed in: Biblical principles | Connections | Enduring understandings

Kim Essenburg, English 10 teacher at Christian academy in Japan, responds:

In English 10, my students hone their thinking, writing, reading, and presentation skills as they grapple with world literature, for example:

The Analects by Confucius
Cry, the Beloved Country by Paton
“To My Brother Miguel” by Vallejo
Night by Wiesel
A Midsummer’s Night Dream by Shakespeare

I want them to connect course content and skills with the 11 Biblical principles they learn: Read More...

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