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Lesson OneAn Introduction and Overview4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoThe Big Questions of Life3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeBasic Philosophical Categories and Their Relationship to Education3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourCentrality of Scripture3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveA Biblical Worldview3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixThe Importance of Parents3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenThe Importance of Teachers3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightNurturing in the Christian School3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineResponsive Discipleship in the Christian School3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenThe Importance of a Coherent Curriculum3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ElevenChristian Philosophy Under Attack3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwelveChallenges and Opportunities for Christian Educators6 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion2 Activities1 Assessment
Participants 557
Discussion Questions
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The lecturer states she “would contend that only a believer is able to truly love wisdom as God created us to love.” Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
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307 Replies
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I agree. The fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom.
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I completely agree with this. It is very important to love wisdom especially as a Christian because it does give us understanding of what God likes us to do and what to not do and it does guide us through the Spiritual life.
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Agree, knowing and revering him is the foundation of true wisdom.
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I completely agree. At the very beginning, we see that mankind strove to pursue and follow what was “wise in their own eyes” and rejected the wisdom of God. However, as Paul says. “Claiming to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1:22). Wisdom is not found through our own personal efforts or our own understanding, but through a God and a right relationship with Him. If God is love (1 John 4:8), then in order to rightly relate with God, we must rightly love God. Therefore, to truly grasp wisdom in a right relationship with its source, God, we must first rightly love.
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I agree. God made us and gave us the ability to follow him and to pursue him. He gave us the ability to praise him and be thankful for him. God had many fears, as we do and this is the beginning of wisdom.
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What do you hope to gain from this course? In what specific areas do you hope to grow as a Christian educator?
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201 Replies
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How to better understand and incorporate God’s word into learning. I hope to become a better Christian educator.
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By completing this course I want to learn about the importance of having our Christian philosophy and to reflect on areas that I need improvements at.
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I hope to gain greater knowledge on biblical principles.
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Ultimately I am taking this course in order to meet my licensing requirements. However, I am attempting to enter into this course humbly and with an open heart. Seeking to learn and not just check off a box. I hope that God can reveal to me areas for growth and encourage me in areas that I am succeeding in. My prayer is that this will be a fruitful experience that helps me become an even better educator in order to equip, bless, and teach the students in my care.
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I’m looking forward to gaining all the knowledge that will lead me to become the best Christian educator that I can, and know ways to teach and guide each one of my students. As I don’t know everything I hope to grow in each area of being a Christian educator.
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Why is it imperative that Christian educators have a Christian philosophy of education?
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207 Replies
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So that we can learn incorporate Jesus into all of our teachings, pointing students to Jesus.
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From my personal experience I believe that it is important to have a Christian philosophy because we need to guide the children towards a better relationship with Lord and also we will be able to pass the knowledge to them, when teaching any subjects we need to link the topics to the Word of God or how it is related to God and Scripture.
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Helps us with not just being an educator it also builds our biblical principles.
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If Christian educators are not intentionally seeking to base their education on a Christian philosophy (love of wisdom), then that philosophy will naturally come from somewhere else. We all have a philosophy, guiding principles, and foundational truths that shape and form all that we do. As Christians, we ought to do our very best to ensure that our philosophy is rooted and based on God, through Scripture, empowered by the Holy Spirit, in order to form us into the image of Christ. If we aren’t intentionally seeking this out, then the world will seek it out for us.
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It is important because it helps Christian educators understand their faith and how they should apply it to their teaching.