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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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I agree. Wisdom and love come from God. If an educator does not trust Jesus as his/her own Lord and Savior, then he/she cannot see or receive wisdom or love. Therefore, accepting the Gospel is the first step.
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I agree with the statement. It often takes spiritual maturity to acknowledge when wisdom is given and the belief in God gives access to the ability to learn to love how God created us to love.
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I completely agree. If you are a follower of God then it would stand to reason we are following his precepts. In Proverbs 4:8-9 it states, “Love wisdom, and she will make you great. Embrace her, and she will bring you honor. She will be your crowning glory.”
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Yes, because wisdom comes from God. If we are not in alignment with God’s word, then we are not truly seeking wisdom. Therefore, we would not have a true love of wisdom. Without God’s wisdom we are a lost people. Another side is also obedience to Him. If we do not know Him then we are lost and without true wisdom. We are also not living in a way that creates the environment for longevity of wisdom and fruit bearing environments.
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I felt at first that I should push back on that statement a bit, because I know so many people who love learning and who are wise individuals. Upon considering more fully, though, I agree, because of the end of her statement, “as God created us to love.” This exceeds knowing and sharing. It encompasses all of God and others and self, each which is more than we can know, and binds all together, together being the operative word, the wise word, as the One who loved us taught.
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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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I want to grow to teach my students to see God in everything we learn.
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All of my education courses have been in a secular setting. I am hoping to gain a way to understand how to apply what I learned in that setting and change my current philosophy of education to better match how God will use me in education.
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I hope to use this time and course to focus my desire to share Christ in a way that my students have a deep thirst to know God more personally.
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Having been in Christian education for many decades, I am struck by how hard it is today. The world is much different today than when I first entered teaching in the early 80s. I’m much different too. Perhaps parents are choosing to send their kids to Christian schools today, not so much as to gain a solid Christian worldview by which to make decisions and live their lives, but that it is just another option for private school education. I need a new fire to know that I’m making a difference in the lives of my students. I hope through this course to regain a new HOPE that is waning, that even for one student, the work that we collectively do as a school makes a difference in the person they choose to be, and develop hearts of caring and compassion, and choose to seek lives that would please Christ Jesus.
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To develop strategies as a Christian educator and implement them in my classroom. It is challenging for a Christian educator to find him/herself teaching in a none Christian school environment.
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Why is it imperative that Christian educators have a Christian philosophy of education?
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It is imperative that our Christian faith and values shape guide our approach to students, parents, coworkers, admin, and basically how we present the curriculum.
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We cannot truly pass on information effectively without teaching it from a Christian perspective. Education should be based on the Word of God and the principles taught by God. Ivy
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It would be hard for the teacher to go to the truth of God’s word and apply it instead of the worldview.
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If you don't have a Christian view of education, how is what you are teaching any different from someone who isn't a Christian? This helps us to acknowledge that God is the creator of wisdom and should be the center of our view of education.
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If you don’t have a Christian view of education, how is what you are teaching any different from someone who isn’t a Christian? This helps us to acknowledge that God is the creator of wisdom and should be the center of our view of education.