<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jubilee Centre - Blog]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/jubilee/blogs.php</link><description><![CDATA[Comments on the blog: A Point of View]]></description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 01:20:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Rusin]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/226/a_point_of_view#comment1621</link><description><![CDATA[Thank you for your blog. I think that people who intend to think Christianly about the educative task needs to answer 5 basic questions.
1. The purpose of Education
2. The nature of the learner
3. The nature of the teacher
4. The natue of the learning process
5. The nature/conceptuialization of the material to be learnt.
I agree with John\'s selection of books. In Australia the seminal book that launched the new CHristian School movement is called \"No Icing on the Cake\" which is sadly out of print, but very useful in adressing these issues. There are many other great books on this area, but one needs to be careful when starting this process to begin with a thorough understanding of both the Biblical story, and the Western Enlightenment story which has fundamentally shaped the schooling for the past 200 years! There is a group of professional educators in Australia who grapple witgh aspects of this as part of their daily life. You can see the front page at www.cepa.edu.au
www.covenant.nsw.edu.au
  ]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/226/a_point_of_view#comment1621</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 01:20:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew Martin]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/226/a_point_of_view#comment1496</link><description><![CDATA[Yes - schools should be doing all of these things; indeed the need for relationships to be fostered between school and home is crucial. Parents need to have trust in the schools to which they send their children. In turn schools need to engage children so that they become lifelong learners who work at home. So a conducive, supportive home environment that views the schools and schoolwork positively is imperative. 
I used to teach in a church school and frankly miss that ethos. Having worked in state 'secular' schools I can see why parents clamour to get children into church schools. ]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/226/a_point_of_view#comment1496</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:54:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Hayward]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/226/a_point_of_view#comment1491</link><description><![CDATA[Sergio, how about trying the following for starters:
The Bible and the Task of Teaching by David Smith & John Shortt
Educating for Life: Reflections on Christian Teaching and Learning by Nicholas Wolterstorff
To Know as we are Known: Education as a spiritual journey by Parker Palmer]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/226/a_point_of_view#comment1491</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:29:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sergio Saavedra]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/226/a_point_of_view#comment1259</link><description><![CDATA[I´m agree with the statements.   Probabbly most of people would be also.  The point is to bring for the teacher´s community some curricular and instructional practical ideas from those issues.   I would appreciate if You could give me book's references on primary and secondary public education's contributions from a biblical or christian perspective.  (Sorry about my English, I'm a spanish speaking person)]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/226/a_point_of_view#comment1259</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:32:40 GMT</pubDate></item><atom:link href="http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments.xml.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /></channel></rss>
