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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
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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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The Bible is the foundation and also the last element of every educational process. Every thing we know and do as educators needs to be surrounded by the scripture.
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Dr. Black’s visual of the curriculum, school books, and materials between the Bibles represents the priority of teaching God’s Word as a foundation and as the last thing of importance. The Christian educator should teach every subject through God’s Word. A Biblical worldview is a must in a Christian school.
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Whatever
standard we are upholding must have contents in line with the scripture, which
is the word of God. We should base our curriculum, textbooks etc. in contents
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The book represents all our teaching materials, including curriculum, standards, and assessments. Like a sandwich filling, everything we do as Christian educators should be encapsulated in the scriptures.
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Dr. Black is emphasizing that everything we do as educators needs to be surrounded by Scripture. I would even argue that another Bible could be placed in the middle between the curriculum and the textbooks, as we should be integrating Scripture in and throughout our lessons.
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The book(s) can represent our school curriculum and the standards we teach in school. Therefore, the visual shows that the Word of God, which is the Bible, should be integrated with other subjects in the curriculum to convey its message effectively. As Christian educators, it should be considered the foundation—the first and last element—of every educational process.
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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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I am trying to learn from other colleagues and learn from my students as well. I am continually looking for ways to help students understand the material. I have read books and kept up with relevant content in the field. I try to encourage it with my students as well as myself.
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To encourage a growth mindset, I set incremental goals and actively seek challenges, viewing them as opportunities for learning. I also practice reflective journaling and positive self-talk to reinforce the belief that effort leads to improvement and that mistakes are valuable learning experiences.
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I like to take time to go and observe other Band Directors that are role models for myself. When I observe, I tend to increase in understanding on how I can be more effective and godly as a educator.
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I try new things (like becoming a teacher!), and look back at the things I have accomplished, that I was not sure I would be able to at the time. I also pray for God’s help in the hard things (hello middle schoolers!).
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To encourage a growth mindset in myself, I draw out ideas and inspiration from my boss and colleagues. I find as aspect of teaching that I have not explored in the past and ask questions so I can understand how to incorporate that new aspect into my classroom practice. I follow the path of my own curiosity.
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What do you hope to gain from this course?
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I am looking to find strategies that will
allow me to be more effective in communicating the truths of God’s word in a Christian environment (classroom).
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I expect to learn new strategies to integrate the Bible into each subject. Thinking I do this well already, I look forward to the aha moments to learning more.
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The ability to better integrate the knowledge of God’s word into my classroom teachings.
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Continual growth and understanding in how to explain why we’re learning what we’re learning and explaining how to apply that as a believer.
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Some skills and ideas for integrating the Bible into Algebra!