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Why does it matter what teachers believe?
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It matters very much. I know of immoral teachers that are twisted in their thinking and they have much influence over those students that look up to them. They seem to be able to lead these students down the same path that they are on. Some good teachers don’t get the same fans as the immoral teachers. The students that favor these teachers are usually the better kids. It is too bad that the bad seems to be more appealing to the masses.
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Based on what the teacher believes, his/her life reflects it. If the teacher does not believe in Jesus, then the aroma of Christ is not spread out in the classroom.
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It matters what teachers believe because the student -teacher interactions evolve from that. If I believe a student will learn, then the student will know. If I believe the student can do more than they’re doing, they will know. If I believe the student needs extra help or a different and lighter approach, then the student will know. Students will know these things because what I believe influences my actions. If I believe the student is loved, precious, delightful, and a blessing to us all, the student will know.
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Inevitably how a teacher speaks, acts, and teaches concepts about our world will display their core beliefs and values. If teachers do not have Christ at the helm of their lives, molding them into His image, and do not hold the truths of the Bible as fact, they will not be able to provide an educational experience for their students that is cohesive with the goals of what parents expect from a Christian education.
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What teachers believe will reflect through their teaching. Christian worldviews and Christian philosophy align so perfectly in core studies that a good teacher can’t help but relate the two during lessons. The opposite is quite true if a teacher has a very broad worldly view, he or she might be inclined to teach from a different perspective with a “wide is the way” approach verses the Christian viewpoint which is Narrower in scope: Jesus is the only way, where the world says there is no one way.