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2:1 The Practice of Wisdom: Knowing When Print E-mail
Written by Doug Blomberg   
The perspective of technical rationality, with its focus on timeless, componential knowledge, is ill-suited to deal with the concrete situatedness of teaching. The biblical wisdom literature presents an alternative view of knowing as historical, experiential, responsive to order and tradition, and open to mystery. In this perspective, knowing and loving and closely connected. This perspective on knowledge can illuminate teaching as an uncertain craft involving learning from experience and in context. To seek such an alternative to technical rationality is not irrationalist, but rather involves acknowledging the multi-faceted nature of concrete reality.
2:1 Christians Teaching in the Public Schools: What are some options? Print E-mail
Written by James Schwartz   

How can Christians who are teachers in government-sponsored schools in the USA live a life of faith within the constraints of the First Ammendment? Three options are presented: agent for enculturation, Christian advocate/evangelist and Golden Rule truth-seeker. The assumptions, strengths and weaknesses of each of these options are discussed. The third options blends the best aspects of the first two and offers the best hope for authentically living the Christian life in the public school setting.

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2:1 Reading for Readines Print E-mail
Written by William K. Kay and Richard Wilkins   
On the basis of a consideration of the processes of reading and comprehending and in the light of the UK governments literacy drive, it is argued that Religious Education ought to be better equipped to present the Bible to children of primary school age.
2:1 Knowing as Wisdom in Blomberg & Comenius Print E-mail
Written by David Smith   
Doug Blombergs recent discussions of the biblical wisdom literature present wisdom as multidimensional, timed, relational, focused on connections, open-ended trustful and playful. This paper surveys the use of the idea of wisdom in the educational writings of John Amos Comenius. It is suggested that while there are inevitable differences in terms of philosophical framework, there are significant similarities between Comenius emphases and those evident in Blombergs work.
2:1 Identifying Christian Schools: How do you tell when you've found one? Print E-mail
Written by Ken Badley et al.   
Eight writers from six countries in three continents and a rnge of Christiantraditions discuss what it is that makes a Christian school. They disuss the aspects of schooling to which judgements are applied of whether and to what extent a school may be said to be Christian and the criteria by which such judgements may be made.
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