{"id":2728,"date":"2013-05-24T15:32:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T21:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-led\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2020-07-27T09:44:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T15:44:27","slug":"christian-discipleship-or-worldview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-led\/christian-discipleship-or-worldview\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Discipleship or Worldview"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is\u00a0part of a series\u00a0for\u00a0new home educators<\/a>. In this, and several other articles, we cover\u00a0What style of education is right for our family? And where do I get our curriculum?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Although there can be a wide range with many differences in the styles I’ve lumped in this category, the Christian\u00a0Discipleship and Worldview philosophies generally go hand in hand. These are methods that concentrate on providing a thoroughly Christian education as directed by God for His people. The Discipleship aspect sees education as more than just teaching the head, but also training the heart as outlined in Deuteronomy 6:7 and many other places in Scripture. Education is guided learning throughout day-to-day life and within a relationship–in this case between parent and child.\u00a0Preparation for Life is a large part of this approach.\u00a0The highest desired hope for the Discipleship approach is to reach the child’s heart for Christ, and see them transformed by His redeeming power. But we cannot give a child new life in Christ, only God can provide that. As parents we present Christ in all His glory, and pray.<\/p>\n

Beyond that we instruct to develop Biblical thinkers. Because right reasoning is an important aspect, some aspects of Classical education may be used and some Discipleship\/Worldview styles may consider themselves Christian Classical.\u00a0The styles listed here utilize real books of excellence, just like the Living Books and Classical methods do, but the primary resources for these styles are either from a Biblical perspective or (especially for older students) shown in contrast with the Biblical viewpoint by reasoning through the study of them.<\/p>\n

Worldview just means the way you look at and think about the world. Everyone<\/strong> has a worldview. The question is whether their worldview is consistent with what they say they believe. If they claim to be Christian, does their worldview align with what the Bible teaches? So to educate from and for a Biblical worldview means to help our children see how God is a part of every part of our lives and to learn to reason from the Bible in all areas.<\/p>\n

The Principle Approach\u00ae is a method that teaches principles of reflective thinking and reasoning that produce a biblical view of the areas studied. It utilizes \u201c4 R-ing\u201d to study a topic (Research, Reason, Relate, and Record–notebooking,) an excellent method of learning, also used by the teacher as she learns to teach the topic.<\/p>\n

These resources explain the philosophies and methods of education based on Christian Discipleship and Worldview:<\/p>\n