Today we are continuing the De Emoh post.
Perhaps you’ve never considered the thought that the curriculum you buy is based on somebody’s view of what education is and is to be – and that somebody isn’t you. Do you know what that somebody’s view is? Do you know what your view is? If you know your view and you know their view, and they match, you have a good match in curriculum and you are able to jump out of that whirlwind of constantly trying the “latest, greatest” and changing course every year, and able to get on with building a solid educational foundation.
That is where we begin to turn the trend from De Emoh to Home Ed. First we need to know just what education is. There are basically 2 views. Although there are so many variations in each, they can be deduced down to basic underlying beliefs in 2 categories.
These 2 views are many times called the Greek view and the Hebrew view. These views were around long before either the Greeks or the Hebrews though. They began in the Garden. One is man-centered, the other God-centered. One seeks the knowledge of man, the other the wisdom of God.
If you are going to be a home educator, the first thing you need to do is be a learner yourself. “A student is not above his teacher.” You must be a student, to lead your students. Begin by studying out the Hebrew and the Greek ideas about education, and see if you can come up with the differences.
To be continued…
