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What does Dr. Teague mean when he says, “Integration was never the legitimate starting point for a godly pedagogy”?
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A godly pedagogy started simply with God’s Word as the foundation- integration came later. If God’s Word is truly the starting point, we as Christian educators should immerse ourselves in God’s Word, so that it transforms our minds/hearts/attitudes and naturally infuses our teaching.
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Dr. Teague means that the starting point needs to be God’s word. God’s word is our foundation. He stated ” We must redouble our efforts to produce a pedagogy grounded in biblical worldview instruction. ” We need to start and end with God’s word.
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Integration means that you combine 2 different components to make a whole. However, the implication is that if you can combine 2 things, you also can separate them. A godly pedagogy is one that has Christian principles infused into the DNA of the lessons. It would be nearly impossible to separate out the biblical worldview.
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A godly pedagogy should start with the Bible and infuse it in all aspects. Integration sounds like it is placed in after the fact.
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We as Christians should be firmly grounded in God’s Word and always learning so that what we teach is infused with God’s truths at all times.