Teaching from the Christian perspective
08/09/08 08:40 Filed in: Is &
Isn't
Deborah
Carpenter and Dana Bincer of Biblical Integration
Ideas reflect on
what Biblical integration involves:
Simply stated, Biblical integration is taking a lesson objective and/or lesson outline, and teaching it from a Christian perspective. It is not just a lesson or objective devoid of God, his character, nature, or creation, nor is it solely about God, his character, nature or creation. It is a melding of the two. It is understanding the objective or lesson from the Christian point-of-view.
Note: Biblical integration is not something that just happens at the end of a lesson. Students should be encouraged to think Biblically all throughout the lesson. Remember, seeing something from God’s perspective is not a separate task, unless that is the lesson objective. For instance, students may compare and contrast how Christians understand a lesson in comparison with how a pantheist or naturalist might see it.
Sometimes when the integration happens last, students tune out, figuring it won’t be on the test or that the integration is just an add-on. The goal of good integration is for students to view a subject the way God does, and to see how this understanding impacts them personally as well as society at large.
Simply stated, Biblical integration is taking a lesson objective and/or lesson outline, and teaching it from a Christian perspective. It is not just a lesson or objective devoid of God, his character, nature, or creation, nor is it solely about God, his character, nature or creation. It is a melding of the two. It is understanding the objective or lesson from the Christian point-of-view.
Note: Biblical integration is not something that just happens at the end of a lesson. Students should be encouraged to think Biblically all throughout the lesson. Remember, seeing something from God’s perspective is not a separate task, unless that is the lesson objective. For instance, students may compare and contrast how Christians understand a lesson in comparison with how a pantheist or naturalist might see it.
Sometimes when the integration happens last, students tune out, figuring it won’t be on the test or that the integration is just an add-on. The goal of good integration is for students to view a subject the way God does, and to see how this understanding impacts them personally as well as society at large.