Vision
Why a Biblical worldview is critically important
16/03/09 08:47
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?
03/03/09 16:39
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.
- 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?
Use 9 questions to reflect on Biblical perspective in your course
12/01/09 11:49
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?
What’s your stakeholders’ perspective of a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum?
15/11/08 16:33
Christian school communities are composed of
stakeholder groups, including staff,
parents, students, alumni, donors, and the board.
These groups have a stake in students developing a
Christ-centered worldview.
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Regarding a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum, what are the opportunities/problems?
10/11/08 15:18
Christian schools have a key opportunity to
take fuller advantage of—to help students
connect what they study and what the Bible teaches.
One way to move forward on this is to
develop a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective
curriculum.
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Question: Regarding a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum, what are the opportunities/problems? Read More...
Develop a Biblical perspective curriculum
07/10/08 09:57
As a result of Christian education, we want
our students to love Jesus and live for Him.
So, we help our students develop a Christ-centered
worldview by:
- Modeling Christ-like behavior.
- Providing devotions, chapel, and Bible class.
- Giving opportunities for service.
- Helping students connect what they study and what the Bible teaches.
Develop the big picture of your subject area
29/09/08 19:59
Making sense of any idea is always easier if you know where it fits in the big picture. Knowing where the subject you teach fits in the big picture of God’s purposes and activities, can help you see the connections between your lesson content and God and His word. Helping your students see things from a Biblical perspective becomes an exciting possibility. Read More...
5 ways to help your students develop a Biblical perspective
17/09/08 11:15
Everyone has a perspective. On
everything. On things like grasshoppers, gasoline
prices, glaciers melting, and God. Everyone has way
of looking at things. At things like chocolate,
character qualities, carbon emissions, and Christ.
Every Christian school student has a perspective. And our role as Christian educators is to help each of our students develop a Biblical perspective. Read More...
Every Christian school student has a perspective. And our role as Christian educators is to help each of our students develop a Biblical perspective. Read More...
Use 5 questions to connect philosophy and classroom practice
26/08/08 17:04
In Christian education, what’s success?
12/02/08 11:54
In terms of student learning at a Christian
school, our stated definition of success is students
applying a Biblical perspective to course
content (not just learning the course
content). However, our real definition of
success is best seen in what we do, not what we say.
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Target Biblical perspective
05/02/08 08:36
By
targeting Biblical perspective, teachers can help
student apply a Biblical perspective to what they
study.
What's your mission?
26/04/07 12:34
You’re working at a Christian
school, and it’s vital that you understand
the answer to the following question: What’s your
mission? To answer this question, first let me
clarify what I mean by “mission.” Your school’s
mission is your school’s purpose. Read
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What happens at a Christ-centered school?
28/02/07 14:05
Shortest
answer: The “4
Christ-centereds.” Short
answer: At a
Christ-centered school, students learn
Christ-centered content for a Christ-centered purpose
from Christ-centered people in a Christ-centered
environment. Read
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How committed are you to Biblical literacy and to Biblical perspective literacy?
27/04/06 11:02
I am committed to biblical literacy, and I am
committed to biblical perspective literacy.
I am committed to students understanding a biblical
perspective of all subject areas and all course
content—including key concepts/issues. Read
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I want students at Christian schools to be proficient
08/03/06 09:02
Christian school students need to be
proficient in understanding a biblical
perspective of course content.
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