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- A system of teaching and enculturation that transcends (though not excluding) the formal schooling happening typically between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., and that is built upon the foundation of, and in support of, a robust biblical worldview.*
thethink.institute/articles/what-does-the-bible-teach-about-educationWhat Does the Bible Teach About Education? - The Think Institute
Feb 27, 2024 · The purpose of Christian education is to integrate faith and learning, enabling students to view and engage with the world from a Christian perspective. Christian education aims to help students grow in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and people (Luke 2:52).
May 12, 2022 · Christian Education Requires a Christian Philosophy, Curriculum, and Methodology. Philosophy, curriculum, and methodology comprise education. Likewise, each and every subject that is studied has a unique philosophy (presuppositional truths), curriculum (content) and methodology (application).
- Introduction
- The Bible as Educational Content
- ‘Incarnational’ Emphases
- What The Bible Teaches About The World
- Scripture and Education as Narratives
- Metaphor in Scripture and Education
- The Role of The Canon
- General Questions
It is a basic assumption of most Christian educational discussion that it is possible to relate the Bible fruitfully to education. Indeed, in the world of Christian schooling this assumption is presented frequently as a badge of honour, with phrases such as ‘biblical Christian education’ used to indicate the superior scriptural faithfulness of some...
I will begin with two ways of understanding the relationship which are quite familiar, though not for that reason without their complexities. First, an obvious way in which the Bible comes into relationship with education is when it becomes an object of study. In ways ranging from programmes of theological education through Bible classes to study o...
A second approach focuses on the life and character of the educator or the educating community as mediating between the Bible and the educational context. The focus here is not so much on a distinctive process of applying the Bible as on a particular idea of the scope of such applications, one which focuses on personal transformation. Put simply, p...
A third approach looks for relationships between what the Bible teaches about the world and educational ideas and theories. I am including under this heading any approach which attempts to argue along the lines of ‘the Bible says or teaches X and as a consequence we should think or do Yin the area of education’, where ‘as a consequence’ can be cons...
One particular form of patterning to which education is subject is narrative. The widespread resurgence of narrative as a topic of discussion in a variety of fields has impacted both general educational discussion and discussions of Christian education in particular. Understanding education as the enactment and provision of a particular narrative a...
Fifthly, teaching as storytelling is, of course, a metaphor. The role of metaphor in our theorising and acting in general, and in education in particular has been widely discussed in recent years.27Here I will restrict myself to three brief observations concerning the importance of this for the present topic. First, in recent accounts metaphor has ...
Sixthly, another approach to relating the Bible to education draws upon the results of canonical criticism as developed by biblical scholars such as James Sanders and Brevard Childs. This not entirely uniform movement sought to redress the imbalances of historical criticism by refocusing on the canonical text in its final form or on the process by ...
So far I have sketched all too briefly six emphases which each offer particular ways of exploring the relationship of the Bible to education. These concerned themselves with the Bible as a part of the content of education, with the character of the teacher as mediating between the Bible and education, with exploration of the implications of biblica...
Education may be simply (and narrowly) defined as the process of teaching and learning, the imparting and acquisition of knowledge and skill (s). The need for education was no less true for the Israelites than for any of the peoples of the ancient world.
In that sense, education is biblical theology. But no one uses the term “education” today in precisely that way. Consider the definition of education advanced by Wikipedia (“Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs, and habits”).
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Aug 18, 2015 · Christian education is as big as God and his revelation. It goes beyond parenting and teachers and classroom instruction to infuse every aspect of the Christian life. It involves not merely donning gospel-centered glasses when we study “spiritual” subjects, but seeing everything in relation to God.
