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Why is it imperative that Christian educators have a Christian philosophy of education?
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This is the foundation upon which we teach. Everyone will sift through this lens, so it is vitally important it is a from a Biblical worldview.
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I think it is important to have a Christian philosophy of education because we have the ability to teach the Bible in all aspects of our school day. No matter what subject area we are teaching or focusing on there is a way to incorporate the Bible into every lesson that we are teaching. I think also with our students sometimes life happens and we need to be able to stop teaching in that moment and meet them on a spiritual level to help navigate some of the situdations that life throws in their direction.
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It gives purpose and light to every lesson and how we interact with our students and colleagues in and out of the classroom. Without a Christian philosophy, we are merely giving them information, but losing the bedrock of Who created everything we are teaching them and how to view it through God’s lens.
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As I’ve heard it said, ‘we all worship something.’ In the same way, we all inherently have a philosophy even if we haven’t thought it through. Much of what I see is based on social media more than Scripture as I interact with this next generation. If we haven’t thought this area of our lives through, then we are building our education on shifting sand; being tossed by the waves of social movements. Overtime, I think we morph into nothing more than a worldly form of Christianity.
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God has called us to be Christian educators. We have to spread God’s word to our students.