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Learning to be with Jesus

A Simple but Profoundly Revolutionary Starting Point This reflection is useful, both for your own spiritual journey and for those of you who are involved in the ministry of teaching, training and forming the lives of others. For those of you who are educators/teachers/etc. you may want to read this...

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Pedagogy for Christian Worldview Formation: A Literature Review

Worldviews are comprised of beliefs, values, assumptions, and commitments that provide the rationale for how people understand and order their lives. The influence of a person’s worldview is associated with educational issues such as identity formation, approaches to ethics and problem-solving, understanding systemic relationships, and citizenship (Jordan, Bawden, & Bergmann, 2008; Matthews, 2009). The concept has significant importance in Christian education to the point where several institutions claim its formation and guiding assumptions are central to their purpose.

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Transformational Mission-Based Experiential Learning: The Dublin Experience

Experiential, mission-focused learning provided undergraduate college students the opportunity to apply practical understanding and cultural intelligence to historical awareness. This was accomplished through text-based content, cross-cultural pedagogy, and missional engagement with native populations to consider modern sociocultural and faith perspectives. The Dublin Experience provided 12 undergraduate students from Grace Bible College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the opportunity to engage Irish culture and study its unique history, while participating with a local inner-city mission, bringing faith, culture, and a personal human element to course learning.

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