Teaching Redemptively: Bringing Grace and Truth Into Your Classroom

By Donovan L. Graham

As God's image bearers, Christian teachers are called to reflect the character of our creative, redemptive God. Teaching Redemptively challenges teachers to incorporate biblical principles into all... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583310584
• ISBN13: 9781583310588
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Purposeful Design Publications
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A challenging must-read for all serious Christian teachers.

Donovan Graham presents a scholarly and in-depth assessment of the challenges we face as redeemed people acting in the calling to be teachers. It is a call to take up the teaching style that would be most characteristic of a Christian teacher and that would produce children capable of assessing their own situations and responding in appropriate ways. He clearly enunciates the differences between "principles-based" and "systems-based" approaches to education, and why the principles approach is a better style than the behaviorally-focused systems approach, we have been predominantly dedicated to in American education.

Primary Resource For Writing My Christian Philosophy of Education Paper

I was given this book a few years ago by my school administrators, but I was not motivated to read it until last year when I decided to pursue my ACSI teacher certification. Teaching Redemptively was one of five books I was required to read in order to help me better understand and write about the crucial elements of a Christian philosophy of education. The book challenges Christian teachers to totally embrace a Biblical worldview in all aspects of the teaching profession. Dr. Graham challenges Christian educators to reflect the character of the creative-redemptive God. Biblical ideas are identified, and their implications are discussed. We are reminded to live and teach by the Truth and to show God's grace to our students and colleagues.

Excellent for Teachers in any setting!

This is an excellent book that offers deep insight into a biblical worldview of teaching from a position of grace. I would recommend this book to any person that is in a teaching position; whether Sunday school, Christian or secular, or even for the parent that is considering Christian education.