Jeffrey Appiah

The Christ Centred Education Jeffrey Appiah

Does education need a philosophy? The answer is yes; all the educational systems of the world have been founded on certain philosophies. The philosophies of the Greeks, the Romans, the British, and Americans still speak throughout the centuries. It is the power of philosophical teachings that has shaped nations, governments, and movements. If philosophy is this powerful then Christians must recognize and evaluate it properly. In disparity, the philosophy of the Christian Education movement is grounded in the Word of God. In Jeremiah 10:2 we read, "Learn not the way of the heathen (or the unsaved)." The apostle Paul also tells us, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit." (Col. 2:8). Sad to say, many Christian young people are learning and copying the ways of the unsaved. They have become rebellious. Parents are not honoured, Interest in Church and spiritual things declines. Look at what Abraham Lincoln once said, "The philosophy of the classroom is the philosophy of the government in the next generation." The true Christian school must define Christian education as a Bible-based, Christ-centred and teaching-learning process in every area of the curriculum and school activity. In view of the Bible command: "Train up a child in the way he should go," every Christian school and home school parent needs to develop the right philosophy of education. This book is here to help.