Get involved in Inspiring Educational and Heritage Dialogues and Parents as Christian Educatrion Coaches Dialogue
November and December 2010:
- Register for Worldview sessions at Breakforth see Developing a Christian World View in the Alberta Context
- Participate in the Alberta Christmas Network Scripture Studies of Jesus and/or learn about Christmas and Japanese Youth (Particularily relevant to students in grade 8 -12 who have studied Japanese Worldview in Social Studies).
Participate in dialogue on FACTSnet Summer Programs in preparation for next spring and summer. See links below for some of the projects started started last summer that could continue next spring and summer.
May - June 2011:
Schools, teachers and students participate in summer projects and dialogues.
July - August 2011:
Churches, and community organizations participate in summer projects and dialogues.
How to Participate in the Dialogue:
Although commenting to this or any other FACTSnet post is one way of participating in the dialogue, FACTSnet advocates in person dialogue with online follow-up.
Email info@factnet.org with your phone # to arrange for an in person dialogue.
It is proposed that this development take place by working with post-secondary and secondary students from grades 7-12 and their leaders. Development will initially focus on the grades 7 and 8 curriculum with specific application to other grades and post-secondary students emerging as the dialogue develops.
It is hoped that as we look at a common formal Christian worldview in the context of Alberta values that we will come to personal worldviews that reflect active Christian faith in relationship to our Alberta culture. The following are presented to open up a dialogue on how this could happen.
Study Basic Christian Belief:
This should start in pre-school by reading Bible Stories starting with a Bible like the Toddler's Bible, Then moving to a Bible like the Young Readers Bible, then the Picture Bible and a complete Bible like the New International Readers Version (designed for beginning readers). Elementary students can have their own devotions as soon as they learn to read.
A more formal study of Christian Beliefs could take place following the in Worldview coIn grade 7& 8 Canadian Catholic study Christian Creeds. The topics studied along with summaries of the Catholic catechism and Charles Colson and Harold Fickett's book "The Faith" are referenced in a chart on Christian Beliefs (Creed Topics). Colson's book is written for both Catholics and Protestants to understand basics Christian beliefs. This is a great resource for teachers and parents and for students as they mature.
Research and Share Canadian Christian Heritage and Worldview studies:
Stories of how family members and other Christians have participated in their communities and our country can be told starting in preschool. Visiting historic sites especially as they relate to the Social Studies curriculum and Christian heritage. For example, the grade 7 Social Studies curriculum focuses on Canadian history,.allowing teachers and parents an opportunity to help their students develop an understanding of how Christian faith has contributed to the development of Canada.
Link up with others who are studying Christian worldview from a Canadian perspective. For example, we plan to link up with Joe Boot at Breakforth You can join us by registering (super early bird deadline Nov. 9th 2010) for Breakforth sessions mentioned below. The introduction to Joe Boot comes from breakforth's description of their speakers.
Joe Boot
Joe is the former director of Ravi Zacharias Ministries, apologist, author and senior pastor. His apologetic works include Searching for Truth, Why I Still Believe and How Then Shall We Answer? He is regularly seen on the Michael Coren show and ListenUp TV. To learn more go to the website for the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity
- Breakforth 2011 Friday Workshop.
- Breakforth 2011 Electives
Relate Worldview Studies to Christian Worldview:
In grade 8 students study worldviews. Teachers and parents can help students develop a Christian worldview by relating what is studied in religion and/or what is written by Colson (particularly pages 213-215) to their study of worldviews. See in Colson. Parents and teachers could also connect with international students and Canadians working in the countries studied or visit those countries in person see Report on Japan/Alberta Summer 2010 Project and Christmas and Japanese Youth
If you have comments or know of resources that parents, teachers and/or students could use to help develop a Christian worldview please make a comment to this post so others can benefit from the dialogue.. We are also looking to set up face to face dialogues to participate email info@factsnet.org.
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