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Thursday 15 December 2011

Resources for a Christian approach to (school) education





Badley, Ken and Harro Van Brummelen 2012. Metaphors We Teach By: How Metaphors Shape What We Do in Classrooms. Wipf and Stock.

Bandstra, Alan 2014. Beyond Control: Heart-Centered Classroom Climate and Discipline. Sioux Center, IA: Dordt College Press.

BavinckHerman  2008.  Essays on Religion, Science, and Society. Edited by John Bolt. Translated by Boonstra Harry and Gerrit Sheeres. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. 

Beech, Geoff 2015. Christians as Teachers. What it Might look Like? Wipf and Stock.

Berkhof,  Louis and Cornelius Van Til 1990. Foundations of Christian Education: Addresses to Teachers. (Ed. D.E. Johnson) Philipsburg: P&R. (Taken from Jaarsma, 1953)

Blomberg, Doug 1978. The Development of the curriculum with relation to the philosophy of the cosmonomic idea. PhD Thesis. University of Sydney.

Blomberg, Doug 1999. 'An "epistemology of teaching"'. Philosophia Reformata 64: 1-14.

Blomberg, Doug 2007. Wisdom and Curriculum: Christian Schooling After Postmodernity. Sioux Center, IA: Dordt College Press.

Blomberg, Doug and Ian Lambert (eds.) Reminding: Renewing the Mind in Learning. Sydney: Centre for the Study of Australian Christianity

Brederveld, Jakob. 1928. Christian Education: A Summary and Critical Discussion of Bavinck’s Pedagogical Principles. Grand Rapids, MI: Smitter.

Bussema, Ken 1984. "Developmental considerations for a theory of instruction." Pro Rege 13 1:2-16 

Bussema, Ken 1993. "Perspectives on developmental psychology." Pro Rege 22 1:1-8. 

Cooling, Trevor & Margaret Cooling, 2013. Distinctively Christian learning? Cambridge: Grove Books.

Cooling, Trevor 1994. A Christian Vision for State Education, SPCK.

Cooling, Trevor 2010. Called to Teach: Teaching as a Mission Vocation,  Grove Books. 

De Boer, Peter. 1983. Shifts in Curricular Theory for Christian Education. Grand Rapids, MI: Calvin College Monograph.

de Muynck, Bram,  Johan Hegeman and Pieter Vos (editors) 2011. Bridging the Gap: Connecting Christian Faith and Professional Practice. Dordt College Press/ IAPCHE.

DeBoer, Peter (ed.) 1993. Educating Christian Teachers for Responsive Discipleship. University Press of America.

DeGraaf, Arnold 1968. The Educational Ministry of the Church. Craig Press

DeGraaf, Arnold and Jim Olthius (editors) 1973. Joy in Learning: An Integrated Curriculum for Elementary School. Toronto: Curriculum Development Centre.

DeJong, Norman (ed). 1984. Christian Approaches to Learning Theory. Lanham, Md: University Press of America.

Edlin, Richard J. 2014. The Cause of Christian Education (4th edition) Sioux Center, IO: Dordt College Press.

Edlin, Richard J.and J. Ireland (eds.), 2006. Engaging the Culture: Christians at work in education. Blacktown, NSW: National Institute for Christian Education.

Fennema, Jack 1978. Nurturing Children in the Lord: A Study Guide for Teachers on Developing a Biblical Approach to Discipline. Philipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed.

Fennema, Jack 2005. The religious nature and Biblical nurture of God's children: A guide for parents and teachers. Sioux Center, IA: Dordt College Press. 

Fowler, Stuart 1987. Christian Educational Distinctives. Potchefstroom: Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education. 

Fowler, Stuart et al. 1990. Christian Schooling: Education for Freedom. Potchefstroom: Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education.

Fowler, Stuart, Rationality, Certainty and Education. African Journal for Transformational Scholarship. 1(2)

Fowler, Stuart, The Foundations of Christian Education. African Journal for Transformational Scholarship 2(1)

Glanzer Perry L. and Nathan F. Alleman 2019. The Outrageous Idea of Christian Teaching. Oxford: Oxford university Press.

Gousmett, Chris 1997. Education in God's World,

Graham, Donovan 2009. Teaching Redemptively: Bringing Grace and Truth into Your Classroom. (2nd edn) Colorado Springs: Purposeful Design.

Greene Jr. Albert E. 2003. Reclaiming the Future of Christian Education, Purposeful Design Publications; 2nd edition.

Habl, Jan 2011. Lessons in Humanity: from the life and work of Jan Amos Comenius. VKW.

Hull, John 1993. Christian Education and the Deep Structure of Schooling. Doctoral thesis. University of Toronto.

Hull, John E.  2023. Education for Hope: A Course Correction. Friessen Press

Hulst, John B 2009. Building a Worldwide Network: IAPCHE 1975-2002. Dordt College Press.  

Hulst, John B 2012. Christian Education: Issues of the Day. Sioux Center: Dordt Press

Hulst, John B. 1987. "Creativity in Christian education." Pro Rege 16 (2):15-22.

Jaarsma, Cornelius Richard. (ed.) 1953. Fundamentals in Christian Education: Theory and Practice. Eerdmans.

Jaarsma, Cornelius Richard. 1935. The Educational Philosophy of Herman Bavinck: A Textbook in Education. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans publishing company.

Joldersma, C.W. & Stronks, G.G. (eds.) (2004). Nicholas Wolterstorff. Educating for shalom. Essays on Christian Higher Education. Grand Rapids/Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans.

Kuyper, Abraham 2019. On Education. Lexham Press.

Lambert, Ian and Suzanne Mitchell (eds.) 1997. The Crumbling Walls of Certainty:Towards a Christian Critique of Postmodernity and Education.  Sydney: Centre for the Study of Australian Christianity.

Lambert, Ian and Suzanne Mitchell (eds.) Reclaiming the Future: Australian Perspectives on Christian Schooling. Sydney: Centre for the Study of Australian Christianity.

Latinga Nick (editor) 2008. Christian Higher Education in the Global Context. Dordt College Press/ IAPCHE. 

Hollaar, Lee 1994. "Christian education: Yesterday's dream, today's experience, tomorrow's vision." Pro Rege 23(1):18-26. 

MacKenzie, Pam et al. 1997. Entry Points for Christian Education. London: Care for Education. 

Mechielsen, Jack (ed.) 1980. No Icing on the Cake: Christian Foundations for Education Brookes-Hall. 

Miedema, S. 2009. Nicholas P. Wolterstorff’s Philosophy of Education: Christian, Open and Critically Committed. Journal of Christian Education, os-52(1), 23–32.

Newell, Ted 2019. Education: A Student's Guide. Series edited by David S. Dockery. Crossway Books.

Oppewal, Donald (ed). 1992. Voices from the Past – Reformed Educators. Grand Rapids: Calvin College Press.

Palmer, Parker J. 1983. To Know As We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey. San Francisco: Harper & Row.

Peetoom, Adrian  1993. “From Mythology to Mythology: Dutch-Canadian Orthodox-Calvinist Immigrants and Their Schools.” Master’s Thesis, University of Toronto.

Prinsen, Peter 2000. “That Old Dutch Disease: The Roots of Dutch Calvinist’s Education in Alberta,” PhD Thesis. University of Alberta.

Roques, Mark  1989. Curriculum Unmasked: Towards a Christian Understanding of Education. Monarch.

Roques, mark and Steve Bishop 2022. Stewardship Epistemology. Findings 2

Russell, Richard 1999. History of educational theory and practice: turning points Bridgehead for Education.

Sandsmark, Signe 2000. Is World View Neutral Education Possible and Desirable? A Christian Response to Liberal Arguments. Carlisle: Paternoster Press.

Sewell, Keith2000. Reformed or Evangelical? A Question for Christian Higher Education. Association for Christian Higher Education in Australia.

Shortt, John 1991. Towards a Reformed Epistemology and its Educational Significance.  PhD Thesis. University of London Institute of Education. http://www.forthosewhoteach.org/my-phd-thesis/

Shortt, John and Trevor Cooling 1997. Agenda for Educational Change Apollos.

Smith, David I. 2001. Does God dwell in the detail? The daily grind of Christian teaching, lecture 2001.

Smith, David I. 2003. Biblical Teaching. Christian School Teacher, Spring 2003.

Smith, David I. and James K. A. Smith (editors) 2011. Teaching and Christian Practices: Reshaping Faith and Learning. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

Smith, David I., 2018. On Christian Teaching – Practicing faith in the classroom. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

Smith, David I.and John Shortt, 2002. The Bible and the Task of Teaching Stapleford Centre. Online: http://www.forthosewhoteach.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Btt-Whole-Book.pdf

Spears Paul D. and Steven R. Loomis 2009.  Education for Human Flourishing. (Christian Worldview Integration Series). Downers Grove: IVP Academic.

Steensma, Geraldine 1971. To Those Who Teach: Keys for Decision Making. Signal Mountain, TN: Signal.

Steensma, Geraldine J. and Harro W. Van Brummelen 1977. Shaping School Curriculum: A Biblical View Signal.

Stronks, Gloria & Clarence Joldersma (ed.) Educating for Life: Reflections on Christian Teaching and Learning. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002

Stronks, Gloria 1995. "Myths and realities in Christian education." Pro Rege 23 (3):1-10. 

Stronks, Gloria and Doug Blomberg, 1993. A Vision with a Task: Christian Schooling for Responsible Discipleship Baker.

Thiessen, Elmer John 2001. In Defence of Religious Schools and Colleges. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.

Van Brummelen, Harro  1995. Stirring heart and mind: Teaching for Biblical values. Pro Rege 23( 3):11-18. 

Van Brummelen, Harro 1986. Telling the Next Generation: Educational  Development in North American Calvinist Schools University Press of America/ Institute for Christian Studies.

Van Brummelen, Harro 2002. Steppingstones to Curriculum: A Biblical Path. Colorado Springs: Purposeful Design.

Van Brummelen, Harro, 1992. Walking with God in the Classroom. Burlington, Ont: Welch. 

van der Laan H. 1979. Out of Concern for the Christian School. PUvCHO, Potchefstroom (Series F)

Van Dyk, John  2000. The Craft of Christian TeachingA Classroom Journey. Sioux Center: Dordt College Press. 

Van Dyk, John  2007. The Maplewood Story: Fostering a Reflective Culture in the Christian School. Dordt College Press. 

Van Dyk, John 1997. Letters to Lisa. Sioux Center: Dordt Press.

Van Nierk 2000. Belief and education: the role of religious ground motives in the history of education

Vriend, John et al. 1972. To Prod the “Slumbering Giant”: Crisis, Commitment, and Christian Education. Toronto: Wedge.

Vryhof Stephen C. 20014. Between Memory and Vision: The Case for Faith-Based Schooling. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

Wolterstorff, Nicholas 1980. Educating for Responsible Action. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.


Websites:
Transfoming lives
Called to teach
Kuyers
John Shortt
Transforming Teachers

Organisations:
http://www.christian-teachers.org.uk/
http://www.stapleford-centre.org/
http://www.nice.edu.au/
EurECA
Association of Christian Schools International

Journals
Journal of Education and Christian Belief
Christian School Education
Journal of Christian Education
A Journal of the International Christian Community for Teacher Education






Update(s):


Here are a few suggestions regarding Herman Bavinck’s Reformed educational philosophy:

Essays on Religion, Science, and Society. Edited by John Bolt. Translated by Harry Boonstra and Gerrit Sheeres. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008.
See the essays on "Trends in Pedagogy" and "Classical Education," chs. 12 and 13, respectively.
(NB: This book is a translation of Bavinck’s Verzamelde opstellen op het gebied van godsdienst en wetenschap (Kampen: Kok, 1921).)
Brederveld, Jakob. Christian Education: A Summary and Critical Discussion of Bavinck’s Pedagogical Principles. Grand Rapids, MI: Smitter, 1928.

Jaarsma, Cornelius Richard. The Educational Philosophy of Herman Bavinck: A Textbook in Education. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans publishing company, 1935.

Nicholas Wolterstorff:

Harro van Brummelen, Telling the Next Generation: Educational  Development in North American Calvinist Schools University Press of America/ Institute for Christian Studies, 1986

Thanks to various thinknetters and commentersfor the updated suggestions.
 

3 comments:

Liz said...

This might be way out of left field, but how about a book that is a resource for Christian parents concerned about how public school goes against their own beliefs? "Ben's Big Bang Botheration" is the first in a planned series called "Today in Science Class." Ben has always like science, until his teacher insists that everything came from nothing; no involvement from God. He questions and then realizes it's OK to bring his doubts to his parents and begins to see why God truly is the most logical explanation for the existence of our universe. The book -- and the rest of the series -- counters theories taught in public schools that are contradictory to a God-created universe. It's very relevant in today's public school classrooms.

Owlb said...

A wonderful book list for reformational orientation to the teaching profession's task. Thank you very much, once again, dean Steve!

I'd add Harro van Brummelen's Telling the Next Generation, a history of curriculum theories and developments of Christian parent-controlled schools in Canada with many borrowings from counterpart thinkers and practioners in the USA. Especially, Van Brummelen sets Bavinck's Principles of Education (which were a mainstay in North America, but which also blocked openness to and development of key insights into Bavinck's old book (almost a foundational document for Christian schools of Reformed inspiration in the Netherlands). One gets a very different view of Bavinck's educational value in Jaarsma's wonderful study. But nowhere have i seen in the English-language literature what influenced Bavinck to write his Christian Educational Principles they way he did. That is, Bavinck was strongly influenced by a successor to Kant' s chair in philosophy in Germany. That figure was Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841).

If I may, I quote at length from the Wikipedia article on Herbart:

"Principles of Education

"Herbart’s pedagogy emphasized the connection between individual development and the resulting societal contribution. In Platonic tradition, Herbart espoused that only by becoming productive citizens could people fulfill their true purpose: “He believed that every child is born with a unique potential, his Individuality, but that this potential remained unfulfilled until it was analysed and transformed by education in accordance with what he regarded as the accumulated values of civilization”.[2] Only formalized, rigorous education could, he believed, provide the framework for moral and intellectual development. The five key ideas which composed his concept of individual maturation were Inner Freedom, Perfection, Benevolence, Justice, and Equity or Recompense.[3] ...

Owlb said...

continuing ... "According to Herbart, abilities were not innate but could be instilled, so a thorough education could provide the framework for moral and intellectual development. In order to develop an educational paradigm that would provide an intellectual base that would lead to a consciousness of social responsibility, Herbart advocated that teachers utilize a methodology with five formal steps: “Using this structure a teacher prepared a topic of interest to the children, presented that topic, and questioned them inductively, so that they reached new knowledge based on what they had already known, looked back, and deductively summed up the lesson’s achievements, then related them to moral precepts for daily living”.[4]

"In order to appeal to learners’ interests, Herbart advocated using literature and historical stories instead of the drier basal readers that were popular at the time. Whereas the moralistic tales in many of the primers and readers of the period were predictable and allegorical, Herbart felt that children would appreciate the psychological and literary nuances of the masterpieces of the canon.[5]

"Though he died in 1841, his pedagogy enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in the mid- nineteenth century; while Germany was its intellectual center, it “found a ready echo in those countries such as the United Kingdom, France, and the United States in which the development of Individuality into Character appeared particularly well attuned to the prevailing economic, political and social circumstances”.[6] The combination of individual potentiality and civic responsibility seemed to reflect democratic ideals.

"Though the emphasis on character building through literary appreciation diminished somewhat after the movement toward utilitarianism following World War I, Herbart’s pedagogy continues to influence the field by raising important questions about the role of critical thinking, and literary appreciation in education."

Bavinck needed a resource in order to combat the rise of Rousseauvian ideology in the Dutch educational debates. Herbart was ready at hand with many valuable insites, but the reliance on Herbart coupled with the necessity of polemic against the ideas of Rousseay meant that Bavinck was not able to adequately and critically appreciate the later contriubtions of American educational philosopher, John Dewey. Nevertheless, following Herbart's establishment of the discipline of philosophy of education (howbeit in his own case dependent on a version of idealism), Bavinck may well be thawt of the undergirding drive in the Christian Reformed Church toward producing PhDs. I do think at one pointl the CRCNA had more PhDs per capita than any other denomination in the USA.