Using the IB Education
to Develop an Christian
Model of Ethical
Thinking and
Behaviour.
Chantal McAllister
Steve McNutt
Our Motivations for This Presentation
• A few years ago, both of us attended on a presentation on
biblical integration. We were disappointed with the fact
that there seemed to be a sense that any fealty to
academic rigor was frowned upon; rather Sunday school
style lessons seemed to be prized.
• For us, this seemed to reinforce the negative perception
outside of Christianity that the Christian school
and academic excellence were mutually exclusive.
• As IB teachers, we felt that there was a need to really
challenge this assumption.
• Other influences...personal experiences, readings.
Objectives
Student Comments:
When asked, most, but not all students,
believed that the IB program had a positive
impact facilitating Christian ethics and
behaviour.
Independent Engagement of Reading
Strategies; Application to real-life
situations
What is a Biblical
Worldview?
Q and A--Socratic method.
1. What is a worldview?
2. How does one maintain a spiritually
neutral education program, and still be
educating effectively? This is the crux of
education – can any education system be
“worldview free”?
3.Why does a teachers' worldview matter?
4. What value does a Biblical worldview
contribute to the leaner?
Critical Thinking and Discussion
IB LEARNER PROFILE FROM
A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
• IB A1 English short story unit:
Characterisaton and detailed study of
authors who are proponents of a Biblical
Worldview philosophy. Leo Tolstoy &
Flannery O'Connor.
• Consider author's intention and BWV
• How do Learner Profiles reveal our
Christian character? What characters in
the short stories reveal a Biblical
worldview and relate to our Learner
Profiles?
Practical Exemplars
BIBLICAL INTEGRATION-CIVIL RIGHTS
Graphic Organizer/UBD Lesson Planning
Five Aspects for Integrating a Biblical
Worldview
IB dictates a philosophy of authentic life experiences: how
much more authentic is a student whose education enables
them to develop spiritually and / or supports their faith?
Key aspect 1: Milieu / Background
Key aspect 2: Culture
Key aspect 3: Values; Morals and Ethics
Key aspect 4: Philosophy of life
Key aspect 5: Religious choices and faith
Being unprepared or underprepared for eternity is a GRAVE mistake!
Cooperative Learning
An Example of Biblical
Worldview Integration-Theory of Knowledge
There are opportunities to integrate a
biblical world view in every subject area.
This can be done in a meaningful manner
even in subjects such as mathematics.
IT Integration: 21 Century Learning.
Fractal Geometry
Practice Creating a Biblical
Worldview
Create a discussion question relating to a
Biblical worldview perspective
THE HOLOCAUST ON TRIAL
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/holocaust
/experiments.html
Generating and Testing Hypotheses /
(Collaborative Learning)
Final Thoughts
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