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Target Biblical Perspective

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

27/01/09 14:17
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 energizes you?

04/10/08 12:34
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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...

What are students learning?

18/09/08 07:34
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Kim Essenburg, whose 51 English 10 students come from 12 countries, reflects on her introductory unit and what students are learning.
 
The high school chemistry/geometry teacher from Sri Lanka lights up. She sees me as I walk into the teachers’ workroom in my sari and says, “You look just like a real teacher in my country should!” Then she readjusts a few folds I haven’t done quite right. (I’m wearing a sari in recognition of Rabindranath Tagore, the first Indian Nobel Prize winner, whose short story we’re discussing today in English 10.) Read More...

Use 5 questions to connect philosophy and classroom practice

26/08/08 17:04
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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...

What helps your students understand that everyone has a worldview?

22/04/08 13:54
Everyone has a worldview. What helps students understand this? According to teachers at Christian Academy in Japan, what helps their students includes.... Read More...

Regarding providing worldview education, what helps/hinders you?

22/04/08 13:48
Christian education involves worldview education, education that helps students develop and apply a Christian worldview. Regarding providing worldview education, what helps/hinders you? Read More...

Test question encourages students to apply Biblical perspective

09/02/08 13:29
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To cultivate reflection and increase the likelihood that her students will connect course content and a Biblical perspective, Kim Esssenburg (English 10 teacher at Christian Academy in Japan) puts the following question on each of her unit tests: “What is something significant you learned this unit that you did not have an opportunity to demonstrate on this test?” Read More...

Show your students what a connection looks like

05/02/08 10:57
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Anda Foxell, who teaches Social Studies 6 at Christian Academy in Japan, reflects on a unit in which her students connected course content and Biblical perspective. She notes the importance of showing students what a connection between course content and Biblical perspective looks like. Read More...

Use 5 questions to reflect on a unit

19/01/08 14:15
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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How can you close the gap?

10/12/07 07:24
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Kim and Michael Essenburg, missionaries with Christian Reformed World Missions, serve at Christian Academy in Japan. This morning they talked about progress Kim's students are making on applying a Biblical perspective, and then Kim determined her next step. Read More...

You have what you need to help students

06/12/07 12:48
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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...

To target Biblical perspective, share stories

17/10/07 14:02
Want to target Biblical perspective? Share stories. Share stories of students learning about and applying a Biblical perspective. Here are some of the stories staff shared at a recent staff meeting. Read More...

Targeting Biblical perspective works

02/10/07 15:22
Teachers like you believe that targeting Biblical perspective works, that it results in students being better able to apply a Biblical perspective to what they study. To find out what teachers are saying, read on! Read More...

They’re getting it!

19/03/07 11:06
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Kim Essenburg: I’m sitting in the library between my 1st and 4th period classes. I’m reading essays on my students’ favorite song lyrics—everything from the hymn “Blessed Assurance” to “Breaking the Habit” by Linkin Park to “Mr. Feather” by ELLEGARDEN, a Japanese band. I’m smiling. They’re getting it—they’re applying a biblical perspective to their music: Read More...