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How does your biblical worldview currently influence your role as a Christian educator?
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I became a teacher because I followed the Lord on a journey to India as a missionary thinking I would be church planting. But my first year there I found a group of children who could not go to school, and so I taught them. From there I enrolled in seminary and teaching programs. I am not a teacher who is Christian. I am a Christian who is a teacher. My relationship with Christ is the reason I get up every morning and go to school, teach my students and build relationships with the families. My Christian worldview pushes me outside of my comfort zone, reaching to others for the sake of making Christ known to the nations.
So as a Christian educator who love the Lord and wants to declare Him to others, I seek to be the best teacher I can for my students, their families, my school and the church. -
My biblical worldview greatly influences my role as a Christian educator. A healthy biblical worldview affects my role as an educator consciously and subconsciously since it should affect how I interact and view every aspect of my life. Practically speaking, my biblical worldview affects how I interact with my students and their families, how I take the time to develop the curriculum and how I implement it making sure that scripture is a part of every aspect. It affects how I interact with my fellow co-workers and how I value who they are and the contributions they make to the school I work at. Lastly, it influences me as a Christian educator because a biblical worldview informs me of how I care for and treat those around me.
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My Biblical worldview greatly influences the way I teach in my classroom. In every lesson we look at why we are learning that concept and how we can use it for God’s glory. The area I see the most curiosity in from my students is with Science and the Bible. Many times they come into my room with the mindset that Science is false and goes against the Bible. I use my Biblical worldview to teach them how many times science facts support the Bible’s claims, and that the Bible has stated many scientific facts way before scientists discovered it. They love incorporating these two ares of study. They are surprised to find out that with the proper Biblical worldview, you can be both a Christian and a scientist and that they don’t have to contradict each other. I tell my students to always check science facts using the Bible because science “facts” are always changing and developing, but the Bible is and has and will be true for many years.
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I strive to incorporate what I believe about Christ, Scripture and history in how I present myself to my students (my personal witness).
I taught art in a public school for 14 years and was unable to talk about God openly. My Biblical worldview was the same then as it is now. In the Christian school that I am presently in, I not only students to see my testimony, I want my lessons to reflect Christ. -
My biblical worldview influences every part of my life. God is and was and always will be. He is the creator and savior of this world. He is my Father. I don’t have a Sunday Suzanne and a Monday-Saturday Suzanne. I am a child of God. My main goal in life is to praise and worship God and be a shining example of Christ’s love. I strive to live the “Christ-life” not the “I-life”. With that said, as an educator I attempt to have God at the center of everything in my classroom. I love God and show that His love to my students. I know that I have a part in passing the torch, and want to demonstrate and teach my students about God. Children look at what you do not what you say. I profess Christianity, and I do my best to walk moment by moment with Christ.