rewarding! I looked forward to each class session because I agree with the late, Christa McAuliffe who famously proclaimed, touch the future. I teach...” before “I she died in the shuttle explosion. Headmasters, you touch the future every time you teach any school constituency. exponent of Academy mission as stated in 1.b. Chief exponent of a Christian world and life view Education begins with a presupposed view of God, humankind and the world. Whether consciously or unconsciously all humans have a worldviewish outlook that influences thought and action and therefore teaching and learning. To the Christian this view is self consciously revelational, based on the presupposition that God is and that he has spoken to us through the revelation of God to man in the books of the Old and New Testament scriptures wherein lie the fundamental answers to our questions about life. The non-Christian must search elsewhere whether in a mythical spirituality or some kind of a synthesis. When studying anything, one must uncover the underlying worldview of the author, his thoughts, his character or a policy to gain understanding and perform analysis. The importance of this process for the teacher cannot be underestimated as the outlook of the student shaped over time in the classroom will one day determine how each will live, and move and have his/her being. There are many worldview paradigms helpful to this process but one most helpful to the Christian teacher is the assumption of a paradigm. In the first phrase of the 4th C Nicene Creed, much that is relevant to the Christian’s worldview is articulated, believe in one God the “We Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.” We understand that the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, “In and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” John 1:1, 2 ESV. We realize from Genesis as summarized in the Westminster Shorter Catechism, that God made the world, including humankind out of nothing and declared it all very good. He completed His work in six days, including creating humankind in the image of God, stepped back and said, like it!” Further, we understand from the “I
rewarding! I looked forward to each class session because I agree with the late, Christa McAuliffe who famously proclaimed, “I touch the future. I teach...” before she died in the shuttle explosion. Headmasters, you touch the future every time you teach any school constituency. exponent of Academy mission as stated in 1.b. Chief exponent of a Christian world and life view Education begins with a presupposed view of God, humankind and the world. Whether consciously or unconsciously all humans have a worldviewish outlook that influences thought and action and therefore teaching and learning. To the Christian this view is self consciously revelational, based on the presupposition that God is and that he has spoken to us through the revelation of God to man in the books of the Old and New Testament scriptures wherein lie the fundamental answers to our questions about life. The non-Christian must search elsewhere whether in a mythical spirituality or some kind of a synthesis. When studying anything, one must uncover the underlying worldview of the author, his thoughts, his character or a policy to gain understanding and perform analysis. The importance of this process for the teacher cannot be underestimated as the outlook of the student shaped over time in the classroom will one day determine how each will live, and move and have his/her being. There are many worldview paradigms helpful to this process but one most helpful to the Christian teacher is the assumption of a paradigm. In the first phrase of the 4th C Nicene Creed, much that is relevant to the Christian’s worldview is articulated, “We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.” We understand that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.” John 1:1, 2 ESV. We realize from Genesis as summarized in the Westminster Shorter Catechism, that God made the world, including humankind out of nothing and declared it all very good. He completed His work in six days, including creating humankind in the image of God, stepped back and said, “I like it!” Further, we understand from the
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