Moving Learning Forward in Christian Schools - Steven F Butler - Bog

Are you ready to make changes in your Christian school? Moving Learning Forward in Christian Schools: A Practical Guide for a Mission-Focused Curriculum challenges those involved in Christian schools to consider changes to better prepare students to enter adulthood and impact the world. Readers will gain insights into:-How current brain research about how the brain learns can be put into practice in classrooms.-How Christian schools can be much more mission-focused than they currently are.-An excellent framework to shift Christian schools'' instructional programs from skills and knowledge (textbook-based) curriculum to focusing on understanding and transfer with improved curriculum, instruction, and assessment.-A perfect platform for developing better integration of biblical concepts in all subject areas.-How the six Facets of Understanding from Understanding by Design provide a vehicle to intentionally include the development of personal characteristics that are Bible based and often related to the school''s mission.-A wonderful guideline for helping Christian schools think systemically about changes needed and for developing a three-to-five-year strategic plan for improving the instructional program. This is your opportunity to consider concrete and practical ideas for school improvement!