As a Christian school teacher, you want to nurture your students’ faith. So, you want to help your students:

• Understand a Biblical perspective of what they study.
• Apply a Biblical perspective to what they study.

Question: How can you learn to nurture your students’ faith even more?

Answer: By reflecting on questions. By reflecting on questions about understanding and applying Biblical perspective. Here are 65 questions. Read More...

Smaller things fit into bigger things. For example, puzzle pieces fit into the overall puzzle picture.
 
In Christian education, smaller things fit into bigger things. For example, what students study (smaller picture) fits into God's overarching story of creation-fall-redemption-restoration (bigger picture).
 
Implication: Ask your students, "How does what you study fit into God's story?" Don't ask, "How can you add God's story to what you study?" 
 
Why? Because this question increases the tendency of students to "purify" their studies by sprinkling on Bible verses. Because this question is actually not an effective question—it asks, "How can you fit the bigger picture into the smaller picture?" Because this question doesn't help students get the "big picture" perspective of what they study.

Target Biblical perspective. Get your students to fit what they study into God's story.

To get an idea of how your teachers can more effectively help students what they study and what the Bible teaches, complete the following assessment. Next, use your assessment data to develop action plans. Read More...

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...

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...

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...

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:

1. What’s God’s purpose? 
2. What’s wrong?
3. What difference does Jesus make? 
4. What will you do?
5. What does the your department target?

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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...

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

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

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Kim Essenburg, English 10 teacher at Christian academy in Japan, responds:
 
What energizes me when I'm wondering whether teaching is worth the effort? Finding out that students are learning significant things in my class. So, I arrange to get a big dose of encouragement every time I give a test. Read More...

Kim Essenburg, English 10 teacher at Christian Academy in Japan, uses 5 questions to reflect on connecting a Christian philosophy of education with classroom practice. Read More...

You’ve designed and taught your Biblical perspective lesson, a lesson that prepared your students to demonstrate their understanding/application of a Biblical perspective. You've also given your students the Biblical perspective assessment. Good!
 
Now, leverage your work by reflecting on it. Read More...

Christian education involves worldview education, education that helps students develop and apply a Christian worldview.

Here are 6 questions you can use to explore Christian worldview education. Read More...

Worldview affects educational practice. How does your Christian worldview affect your educational practice?When responding to this question, teachers at Christian Academy in Japan indicated that their Christian worldview affects.... Read More...

You can help your students develop a Christian worldview by asking questions. What key questions do you want your students to consider? Here are some of the questions teachers at Christian Academy in Japan want to ask their students. Read More...

Everyone has a worldview. What helps students understand this? According to teachers at Christian Academy in Japan, what helps their students includes.... Read More...

We want our students to honor Christ and impact the world from Him. Consequently, we want to nurture faith in Christ. One way we do this in Christian schools is by helping our students connect what they study with what the Bible teaches.

To help students make connections, what are the vital teacher behaviors? Read More...

Reflection can help you target Biblical perspective. After teaching a Biblical perspective unit, use these 5 questions to reflect:

1. What student learning results excited about?
2. What were your students studying?
3. What was the assessment prompt?
4. How did you prepare your students for it?
5. What did you learn from teaching your unit?

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Tom Postema and Michael Essenburg, missionaries with Christian Reformed World Missions, serve at the Christian Academy in Japan. During their 9:30 meeting today, they talked about helping students understand and apply a Biblical perspective. Then Michael started asking Tom questions. (“As he usually does,” says Tom.) Read More...

You want your students to impact the world for Christ. To carry out this vital task, you know your students will need to apply a Biblical perspective to all of life—including the course content they are studying in your class right now. Read More...

As a result of you asking a biblical perspective question, your students need to learn 3 things: (1) what the question means, (2) a biblical answer that adds value, and (3) how to use the question to further understand and use a biblical perspective. Read More...