Worldview education

How can your teachers help your students make connections?

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...

Why a Biblical worldview is critically important

Dan Beerens
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...

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

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...

Where are you/your school in terms of having a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum?

You want to help your students develop a Christ-centered worldview. So, you want to help students connect what they study and what the Bible teaches. You think that having a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum will help you:
  • 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.
 Question: What’s a next step? Read More...

Develop a Biblical perspective curriculum

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:
  1. Modeling Christ-like behavior.
  2. Providing devotions, chapel, and Bible class.
  3. Giving opportunities for service.
  4. Helping students connect what they study and what the Bible teaches.
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Use 7 questions to reflect on developing a Biblical perspective curriculum

Want to use your curriculum to help students develop a Christ-centered worldview? Reflecting on the following 8 questions can help. Read More...

5 ways to help your students develop a Biblical perspective

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...

Use 5 questions to connect philosophy and classroom practice

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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...

Use 6 questions to explore on Christian worldview education

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...

How does your Christian worldview affect your educational practice?

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...

How can you help your students understand that worldview affects how a person answers questions?

A person’s worldview is connected to how s/he answers questions. How can you help your students understand this? To help their students, teachers at Christian Academy have their students.... Read More...

What key questions do you want your students to consider?

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...

How can you help students develop a Christ-centered worldview?

You want your students to develop a Christ-centered worldview. To do this, you can: Read More...

What helps your students understand that everyone has a worldview?

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?

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...