Category Archives: Education

Interesting article. I can think of even two more significant reasons: Firstly the Bible is true. Secondly, only the Bible can provide the worldview coherence that education necessitates. Why? Why shouldn’t elements of the Bible be taught in public schools? … Continue reading →

Is this Australia’s first ‘new breed’ classical Christian school? Would love to see more of these… Classical education involves understanding the present by learning about the past through history, philosophy, theology, literature, art, Latin, Greek, logic and rhetoric. Students see … Continue reading →

Another article related to a classical or liberal arts education – this time at the tertiary level. I find myself surprisingly in agreement with Singer’s appreciation of the humanities. My hunch though is that our current ‘job factory’ culture within … Continue reading →

Good article. Wish I had learnt Latin and Greek in school. Educators once believed in the classical education very strongly. Little more than a generation ago you could not get into Oxford or Cambridge without demonstrating competency in Latin, and … Continue reading →

He is a bit hippy for me, but I resonated with Leunig’s home schooling comments: Michael Leunig Home Schooling.

Home schooled. A teenager graduates from the University of Texas this weekend at 16, an age when most students have yet to receive their high school diplomas. Teen gets college degree in just 2 years – UPI.com

Well done to MS Readathon for sending my kids actual books in the mail this week for their involvement in the readathon. Much better than the plastic junky toys we go last year! One of the best things about entering … Continue reading →

What does the creation of this mega federal department say about our view of education in Australia? State education seems to naturally shackle the search for truth and meaning into being simply preparation for being a good worker-consumer. The Department … Continue reading →

Pseudonymous rant or valid criticism? I was amazed to discover that most of my students, regardless of year level, did not even come close to knowing their times tables. Having since grown used to the ineptitude of my students, from … Continue reading →

This floored me this morning. I would have hoped that an evangelical grammar school would be one of the last bastions of a classical body-of-canonical-knowledge education. Does this mean that such elite schools in Australia have been totally utilitarianised? THE … Continue reading →

What is behind the ascension of the world “play” into our education theory? Everyone is “learning through play”, parents are encouraged to relate to the kids through play. All the kindergartens we have been involved in downplay any structured teaching … Continue reading →

Education quote of the week: “It isn’t dumbing down the curriculum, it is allowing students to be successful,” he said. Mr Uphill said the memo followed a meeting with an officer from the Senior Secondary Assessment Board during Term 1 … Continue reading →

Last night I read Helen Hughes full monograph (see link below). I can’t pretend to come close to knowing all the solutions to such complex indigenous, cultural and educational issues. But I do know that the Lord Jesus Christ is … Continue reading →

I too share some pessimism toward the “whole language” approach to teaching reading. But Janet Albrechtson is wrong to say that phonics is not a politically driven agenda. In fact she herself makes it political by tying it to indigenous … Continue reading →

One area of education that would seem most worldview-neutral is mathematics. But the following video critique of newer maths methods used in the USA for multiplication and long division show how even maths is influenced by educational methodology and worldview. … Continue reading →