Definitions
Worldview: The beliefs about reality on which a person bases their understandings and actions.
Christian Worldview: The worldview gained by a hermeneutic study of the Bible. That is, a study which ensures the original meaning of the documents is understood.
Premises
- Bible knowledge is essential for a balanced, informed life.
- In the Queensland education system, Bible knowledge needs to be integrated into the academic curriculum as a cross curriculum element so that it is viewed in a real context by students.
- Integration must be natural not contrived.
Principles
- Staff are the most important agents of biblical integration. The most effective staff fit the following profile:
- Fully committed to Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
- Committed to their local Christian church.
- Competent in their academic disciplines.
- Doctrinally informed.
- Worldview aware i.e. they understand the significance of beliefs to knowledge and actions.
- Committed to Christian Schooling i.e Education within a Christian worldview.
- Equipped to present their subjects within a Christian worldview.
- Staff select and present materials and learning activities for their subject which are consistent with their Christian worldview.
- Staff take opportunities, when ‘teachable moments’ occur, to explain Christian concepts to students, when and where they are interested.
- Biblical integration is a major tenet of the College vision. This is interpreted by Heads of Departments and inserted as an aspect of the rationale for each subject and senior work program.
- Each Unit of work has a spiritual objective in a form defined by the Head of Department responsible. These may be general or specific depending on what is appropriate for the Department, Subject and Unit.
- Bible knowledge or doctrine is taught in appropriate places in the curriculum where alignment naturally occurs between that information and the required academic knowledge of a particular subject.