CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY

Prepared by: Fritz John M. Saloma

It relates knowledge systematically.

It strives for coherence, the formulation of a worldview.

Its method is to consult information from the total experience.

The Biblical Base

Bible the primary source for all

learning

Must be the vital part of the content of the curriculum and integrated with all subject matter.

Purpose of Christian Philosophy of

Education

to develop biblical character in the lives of the students (virtue).

To secure for students the appropriate wealth of knowledge of Christ

CURRICULUM

should be lively and appropriate to the needs of the learner, as well as to the needs of the community as a whole.

must be academically sound and based upon truth, not on prejudiced or biased points of view.

attain mastery of the subject within the context of a biblical world view.

Why teach?

to love the Lord God with all their hearts.to become an effective believer.Disciple students to develop Christian lifestyle characteristics.Help the students to articulate the hope that lies within him/her

What to teach?

Virtue or moral maturityKnowledge or intellectual maturitySelf-control or physical maturityFortitude or emotional maturityPiety or spiritual maturityKindness or social maturity

How to teach?

all procedures and processes must be based on a definite theory of knowledge.

The Implications for the Teaching-Learning Process

process of guided learning where the teacher and the Holy Spirit combine efforts to help the leaner to spiritually grow and mature, to more and more conform to the image of Christ.

seeks to develop the learner a worldview, a perspective that enables him to understand, appreciate, and live a Christian life in the world in which God has placed him.

Who is Responsible for the Education of an Individual?

According to Deuteronomy 6:6-7, the parents are the primary educators of the student.

People in Bible times recognized the value of placing students under instructors.

Who is Responsible for the Education of an

Individual

Today, parents should see the church as being a coop in religious

education of their children

The Role of the TeacherThe teacher is a model of a Christian

lifestyle (2 Tim. 3:14-17).The teacher is an instructor of truth (1 Tim. 1:3-4)

The teacher is one who guides, facilitates, and shapes learning

Role of the learner

”The pupil’s growth is determined not by what he hears but by what he does

about what he hears.”

Focus On The Learner

A learner is a real person. Teachers do not teach lessons

They teach people!

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Proverbs 22:6