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How does your understanding of the roots of the educational system in the US influence your view of education?
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As a former public school teacher, it is incredibly refreshing to be able to teach in a school that gets back to the Christian roots of education.
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It helps me understand that the Bible was used as a foundational tool for education. It challenges me to keep the Bible foremost in my lessons.
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Understanding the roots of the educational system in the US helps me to see what happens when a society strays from a Christ-centered education to focusing on standards-driven education. It’s sad that overall, content doesn’t seem to matter anymore; it’s all about hitting standards at a certain percentage of mastery.
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This helps me to understand that a Christian worldview promotes education.
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There are benefits and drawbacks in both the traditional and process/mastery orientations. The traditional methods seems myopic in focusing too rigidly in course material. If literacy has been mastered in a local population, teachers can expand into broader topics. However, literacy rates in America have been dropping so returning to this model would be the necessary foundation. In the process/mastery orientation, students can achieve the standards at their own pace. However, these shortcuts could stunt the maturity that develops through intensive and systematic study.