Christian Education

Models of Christian Education

From 2004 to 2010 I served as a researcher and advisor in the Australian Government’s values education projects. During the task of helping schools implementing and conducting research on values education, I took the opportunity to observe the importance explorative and imaginative modes of teaching and learning might have in the formation of values. In this essay, I argue that imaginative teac...

Hermeneutical Validation of Biblical Principles Used in Christian Education

Research has revealed that biblical Christianity is declining as a life-ordering force among American Christian youth (Barna Group, 2009; Ham & Beemer, 2009; Smithwick, 2008). This trend continues despite the ubiquitous references to terms like biblical integration and biblical worldview in Christian school mission statements. In fact, from its inception, the evangelical Christian school moveme...

Preparing Tomorrow's Classroom Leaders: Challenges for Christian Higher Education

A Christian Counseling Model: Christian

The integration between psychology and Christianity has been a hot issue for Christian counselors since mid 1970s. The movement of integration has been developed in reaction to the acceptance of psychology in the area of pastoral counseling without any criticism about psychology from the Christian viewpoint. Since Jay Adams totally rejected psychology in the area of pastoral care, the effort to...

Is a Christian College Education ‘Worth It’? Worldview Development among Christian College Students as a Model for the Larger Academy

In the context of recent discussions and concern about the value of a Christian education, the desires of college students for the freedom to ask bigger questions about values and mission and to explore deeper meanings in life often go unnoticed. Christian colleges are uniquely positioned to provide students an opportunity to explore these questions and to serve as models for contexts in which ...