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Pacific Union Conference Education Department Preschool-LifelongThe Pacific Union Conference Office of Education (NAD) provides an online statement of vision and purpose, as well as a variety of educational resources. -
Philosophy of Adventist Education - GC Working Policy 1998 Preschool-LifelongThis 30 page former GC Working Policy statement provides an excellent overview for new teachers, parents, and administrators. It includes general statements of educational philosophy and of Adventist educational philosophy; basic assumptions; the student;... -
Philosophy of Adventist Education - GC Working Policy 2003 Preschool-LifelongThe Seventh-day Adventist Philosophy of Education statement serves as a guideline for Adventist educational institutions world-wide. This includes sections entitled: Premises; Rationale; Aims and Mission; Agencies of Education (home, local and world church,... -
A Challenge for the New Teacher Kindergarten-LifelongTeaching is a holy commission and a ministry. Ralph M. Coupland shares three essential perspectives every Christian teacher should revisit often: each student is a creation of God; each subject provides the opportunity to understand God's creation; each student... -
A More Complete Report Card Grade 9-Grade 12What is the purpose of your school? How Adventist do you perceive it to be? Read this summary report of research conducted in the South Pacific Division by Division Education Director, Barry Hill. Comments on 8 of the 18 interview questions are summarized... -
A Proposal for Adventist Christian Education - From Rhetoric to Reality Tertiary-LifelongCoupland unpacks the fundamental ideas behind the statement "True education is the harmonious development of the physical, mental and spiritual powers." Coupland points out the areas where the statement hasn't been fulfilled in Adventist education.... -
AIIAS INFO Journal Grade 1-LifelongInternational Forum (INFO) is a multidisciplinary academic journal published biannually since 1998 by the AIIAS School of Graduate Studies. Archived online, download research reports, discussions of contemporary issues, instructional materials, and book reviews. -
Apply the Book Education in the 21st Century Kindergarten-Grade 12How can we apply the principles found in the book Education today? And what does a school look like that did this? This presentation will show a process to convert an Adventist school into an Education education. It will also show actual artifacts... -
Benchmarks - Opportunities for Time and Eternity Kindergarten-LifelongFoundational statement taken from Fundamentals of Christian Education focusing on the teachers role and influence in shaping characters for eternity. -
Building Bridges - A Teacher and a Pastor Dialogue about Discipleship Kindergarten-LifelongA teacher and a pastor discuss how education and pastoring overlap extensively in the area of discipleship. Educators would benefit from pastoral approaches and pastors would benefit from broadening their instructional approaches and understanding. -
CHAMPS Model of Adventist Education Preschool-LifelongGeorge Akers presents the themes in Ellen White's writings regarding true education and the ministry of teaching in this one page model. This paradigm demonstrates that conscious character, critical thinkers, cultured people, cooperation, creation, balanced... -
Educational Design Theory: Theory development of an Adventist learning environment design process Tertiary-Lifelong"For decades, educational change has been a topic of controversy with representative thought from nearly every conceivable perspective. While attempts at public and private school reform have provided guidance for practitioners as to the way that schools... -
Epistemology of Faith and Learning - A Systems Approach Tertiary-LifelongUremovich develops a systems approach to Christian epistemology. He first looks at the classics of theology and "progressive" education. He continues by showing how the epistemological models are too reductionistic and simplistic to adequately explain... -
Goals of the Undergraduate Experience: A Christian Perspective TertiaryChristian educators must reexamine the goals of the undergraduate experience to accomplish the harmonious development of the physical, mental, and spiritual powers. To help students achieve this, educators must show them how to process information, demonstrate... -
Is Adventist Education for Everyone? Kindergarten-Grade 12The author surveyed Adventists in the Lake Union Conference about the possibility of developing Adventist special-education programs for the mentally retarded. The only way for all Adventist children to be enrolled in Adventist schools is to develop special-education... -
Issues and Alternatives in Educational Philosophy Kindergarten-Lifelong"Knight's introductory textbook offers a survey of philosophies and philosophic issues in education and presents educational theories, from scholasticism to educational anarchism, that have existed throughout time. Part I touches on basic issues in philosophy... -
JAE Editorial: Assessing Adventist Higher Education Kindergarten-LifelongFowler shares a report from the first ever Summit on Seventh-day Adventist higher education held in Loma Linda, California, March 19-21, 1997. Two major themes dominated both the individual and group presentations: Why are we operating colleges and universities?... -
JAE Editorial: Managing for Eternity Kindergarten-LifelongVictor Griffiths lists the ways that doctrines affirm the believer. These same objectives can be made a distinctive part of the global purpose of the Christian educator to prevent secular drift. In the year of the SDA teacher, the distinctiveness of true Christian... -
Making Seventh-day Adventist Schools Distinctive Grade 1-LifelongThis teacher orientation workshop was developed by the South Pacific Division to assist Adventist schools to become truly Seventh-day Adventist. Based on Dr Don Roy's 'Towards Wholeness' proposal for the ideal Adventist education, this document includes participant... -
Mission and Identity of Seventh-day Adventist Schools Kindergarten-LifelongEach leader and worker within the Seventh-day Adventist Church's school system must be aware and understand the mission of the church, keeping it at the center of all their plans and activities. Kibuuka emphasizes that while time and challenging circumstances... -
Philosophy - The Most Useful of All Subjects Tertiary-LifelongKnight illustrates why "a sound educational philosophy is the most useful and practical item in a teacher's repertoire." This paper was presented at the 8th Institute of Christian Teaching. -
Philosophy and Education - An Introduction in Christian Perspective Tertiary-LifelongGeorge Knight examines the nature of philosophy and education, philosophic issues in education, traditional and modern philosophies and education, the postmodern impulse, contemporary theories of education, analytic philosophy, the necessity of building a... -
Postmodern Religious Educational Philosophy an Oxymoron? Tertiary-LifelongTaylor looks to answer the following questions: "Is a religious educational philosophy relevant or even viable in the postmodern world? Or is a postmodern religious educational philosophy an oxymoron? An incongruous contradiction of terms?" This... -
Profile 2001 - Curriculum and Instruction in North American Schools Grade 1-Grade 12Review results from the eighth biennial survey of Adventist educators regarding curriculum and instruction in North American schools. Important findings regarding purposes, plans, practices and products are included, with thought-provoking implications for... -
Redemptive Education Part I: A Philosophic Foundation Preschool-LifelongThis article describes the importance and basic shape of philosophy, examines the foundational philosophic categories from a biblical perspective, and indicates the importance of the biblical worldview in shaping an Adventist approach to education. Parts II... -
The Bible and the Philosophy of Science Tertiary-LifelongBaldwin identifies and assesses five elements either related to or implications of a Christian philosophy of science which seem to be implied in a key line by the first angel urging us to "worship Him who made the heavens and the earth, and sea, and the... -
The implementation of the educational philosophy of Avondale High School Grade 7-Grade 12The Seventh-day Adventist Church school system, which grew from American church-oriented primary schools estab¬lished first in the 1850s, has attempted to implement an educational philosophy formulated from 1872 onwards, largely by Ellen White, the church's... -
The Mission School - Catalyst or Catastrophe? Kindergarten-Grade 12John Fowler shares the challenges and benefits of establishing mission schools in India. He also discusses the philosophy, ecclesiology, and missiology of establishing a Seventh-day Adventist presence in every town. -
The Relationship of Educational Ideology Preferences to Curriculum Acceptance Problems of Seventh-day Adventist Secondary Teachers Kindergarten-Grade 12Purpose: The intent of the study was to determine the extent to which educational ideology influences curriculum use with Seventh-day Adventist secondary teachers in North America. The research endeavored to determine the teachers' ideological approach... -
Why Have Adventist Education? Preschool-LifelongGeorge Knight proposes six reasons for Adventist education in the early 21st century: it introduces the student to the Bible as a framework for thinking and evaluating; it introduces young people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; at its best, it leads students... -
Worldviews Make a World of Difference Grade 9-Lifelong"It’s crucial that Adventist educators clearly recognize that though all worldviews ask the same underlying questions, they are worlds apart in their answers. It’s important to help your students embrace the ultimate Answer: Jesus Christ...