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During professional development sessions with our faculty and staff, one of the things we include is acquiring a deeper understanding of the spiritual and philosophical foundations of education. As we came into this school year, we spent a good deal of time looking at one of our core values: “Integrated Instruction.”
So, what do we mean by Integrated Instruction? We point out in our value definition that it is offering opportunities for students to grow spiritually, intellectually, aesthetically, physically, and socially, since those components are deeply interconnected and contribute to the education of the whole child (Luke 2:52; Matthew 22:37; Ephesians 4:15; 2 Timothy 3:16-17). Students participate in a coordinated educational experience so that they may become well-rounded and thoroughly equipped for Kingdom work.
But integrated instruction actually goes far deeper, offering a countercultural understanding of reality. We want our students to see everything they learn as an integrated whole, with God and His divine revelation at the center. A biblical worldview offers a cohesive, consistent explanation of the universe, an explanation which is jarringly at odds with the prevailing worldviews offered by our modern western culture. That culture insists that all human understanding of reality must be compartmentalized into two spheres in which faith and values function separately from the fact-based realm of life. [Read more…]
