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Apr. 9, 2013
What's Your Teaching Philosophy?
Do you have a teaching philosophy? Do you need one? What about the resources you incorporate in homeschooling--do they have a teaching philosophy? A teaching philosophy is typically driven by worldview thinking. A worldview drives how we see and interpret … Continue reading
Tagged books, Christianity, curriculum, education, film, Homeschooling, learning, teaching, worldview
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Mar. 27, 2013
Misery from the Belief in the Value of Education
The group of us stood motionless, trapped in the concrete boots of chastisement. We had been a tad rowdy and the poor mother running the homeschool co-op music lesson had finally had enough. So she threw us out of class. … Continue reading
Tagged challenges, education, school, teaching
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Mar. 21, 2013
How Presuppositions Control What We Do at Sonlight
I got thinking the other day: When I say "I believe in Jesus," what I'm really saying is "I believe He is who He says He is. I choose to align myself with His goals. I am playing on His … Continue reading
Tagged education, ideas
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Mar. 20, 2013
The Myth of a Standardized Education
Her pale blue eyes burn icy cold as she recounts her latest test results. "They changed professors three days before the test. How does that make sense? It's good that they let the other professor go, he wasn't teaching us … Continue reading
Tagged education, Testing
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Feb. 27, 2013
Books Inspire Thought
I often feel ashamed to quote from the book I most recently read. I think my discomfort is based, partly, in a scene from Good Will Hunting where Matt Damon's character shows that a cocky grad student is merely parroting … Continue reading
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Feb. 22, 2013
Online Learning: Do You Want to Grasp a Concept or Gain a Skill?
He was a motivated film student at a University, often seen around campus in baggy t-shirts and short shorts. Impressed with computer graphics, and intrigued by an amazing free 3D rendering program, he opened one of their many free online … Continue reading
Tagged education, online
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Feb. 15, 2013
Does Preschool Help or Hinder Children?
My wife, an Education major, nods as President Obama says in his State of the Union address: In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children ... students grow up more likely to read and do math … Continue reading
Tagged education, family, preschool, skills, socialization, teaching
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