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Lesson OneIntroduction and Overview4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoDefining Curricular Biblical Integration3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeYou Can't Integrate What You Don't Know: The Role of Christ3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourYou Can’t Integrate What You Don’t Know: The Role of the Scripture3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveChristian Worldview: The Foundation for Curriculum – Creation3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixChristian Worldview: The Foundation for Curriculum – The Fall of Man3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenChristian Worldview: The Foundation for Curriculum – Redemption3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightChristian Worldview: The Foundation for Curriculum – Fulfillment3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineCurriculum Orientations: Traditional and Process/Mastery3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenMove resource Curriculum Orientations: Constructivism3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ElevenBiblical Integration Has Specific Tasks3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwelveAssessment, Biblical Integration, and Closing Thoughts5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion2 Activities1 Assessment
Participants 595
Discussion Questions
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Explain, in your own words, Dr. Black’s visual of a book in the middle of two Bibles. What is she illustrating with this visual?
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We relate our lives to the Biblical truth all the time. Why do we separate our curriculum from God’s truth? I completely agree that they need to be integrated and applied based on the Bible
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I completely subscribe to the this concept represented by Dr. Black’s visual. If we are to have and sort of Bible integration in our classroom, it must begin and end with Scripure. Not only cour urriculum, but also our material (scope, sequence, outcome, etc) should all reinforce, and be aligned with, what we espouse in Christiam education, and point back to the Bible.
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All of life should be filter through a Christian worldview and the lens of Scripture. Dr. Black’s visual applies this truth specifically to the realm of education, indicating that educators have the responsibility to filter their curriculum choices through the lens of Scripture. This is vital in integrating education with Christian philosophy.
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Your worldview is determined by your personal beliefs. Everything should be view from a Biblical perspective.
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I appreciated the visual representation of God’s word on the bottom and the top as a way to bookend whatever it is that we are teaching. The middle part is all about our textbooks, curriculum, teaching resources, and scope and sequence, but it doesn’t have value if it doesn’t start with God’s word and end with God’s word.
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What are some techniques you have used, or currently use, to encourage a growth mindset in yourself?
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Continuous learning. Taking courses that will help to strengthen and challenge me not only academically, but also Biblically. I also have a stack of books on my desk at home… books that will educate me, in my “free time” on being a more intentional Christian school teacher.
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For my growth, I listen to podcasts, attend church, meet with Christian friends, read the Bible daily, quote the Bible, and share a verse here and there with others.
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As a teacher, I understand the importance of having a growth mindset in order to continually improve my skills and produce high-quality work. Here are some techniques that I have used and continue to use to encourage a growth mindset in myself. I need to see challenges as opportunities to learn and grow, rather than as obstacles. When I encounter a difficult task, I remind myself that God is with me, and the effort I put into overcoming it will ultimately lead to personal and professional growth.
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I remind myself that I’m never done learning and I am always reading materials in my subject area.
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Personally, having a growth mindset by myself is very difficult. However, when I’m involved in a community, especially a community of believers, I am so much more motivated. The call to spur one another on to love and good deeds in Heb. 10:34 is very clear and it produces godly results. When I am able to share my struggles with someone else, they are able to encourage me with the truth of God. When I am discouraged about lack of growth in an area, my fellow believers are able to point out where they have seen God at work and reassure me that He will continue to make me more and more like Him.
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What do you hope to gain from this course?
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I hope to gain additional perspective, incentive, and desire to continue to share my Lord and Savior with those I meet and come in contact with. I believe God provides divine appointments for us and what we do with that will attest to our relationship with Him. My schooling has me finishing my degree to work with students in grades K-9, as well as special education K-12, but I am also looking to start a college and career Bible study in my home for my adult son and some of his friends who feel that many of the opportunities they have attended are more focused on social gatherings than on learning and applying the Word. I love to talk about what God has done, what He is doing, and what I hope to see Him do in myself and others. I expect to gain a greater understanding of how to integrate His Word into all that I teach, say, and do.
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I hope to gain insight on how to integrate the Bible in my lessons.
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I hope to gain a greater awareness of how to be opened minded with others as He is with us from a longsuffering perspective, which entails His integrated Word and character in all manners of living, so I can relate it to my students.
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Practical insights on biblical worldview integration.
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I hope to gain more knowledge on how to integrate the word into my lessons