ED161 Christian Education: Foundations and Technology
Overview
In Christian Education: Foundations and Technology, Andrew Peterson provides a broad overview of what it takes to create and run a Christian course, program, or school. The course begins by exploring foundations such as biblical theology, motivations, and goals, and then moves on to technical aspects such as instructional design, modes of communication, and media. Dr. Peterson then discusses aspects of teaching K–12 students, with a focus on educational psychologies, teaching methods, and academic disciplines. He concludes by examining adult Christian education in the contexts of church ministry, workplace, and civil community.
Top Highlights
“‘systematic theology’—that is, what does the whole Bible teach about a topic from Genesis to Revelation? That is your systematic theology and might be the doctrine of God, the doctrine of man, the doctrine of Scripture, for example.” (source)
“Jews were God’s chosen people. They did hold the oracles—that is, they had Scripture; they had God working through their people. You look at the covenants as you go through Adam, Noah, Abraham, and so on—the covenants there in the Old Testament leading up to the new covenant with Jesus—and you see God’s chosen people being part of those covenants and sometimes faithful, sometimes unfaithful, ultimately unfaithful and needing a divine Messiah, Jesus, to finish the work, which we now rest in as the church.” (source)
“Of course, you see the motivational aspect here as we hear about the encouragement and the imperative indeed to be strong and of good courage. So Christian education is not just about concepts. It’s not just about skills. It does include being strong and having good courage, which is a motivational aspect that we want to see with the truly biblical foundation for Christian education.” (source)
“There is the possibility of a standard for belief, standard for doctrine, in every discipline in some sense. It’s a powerful sort of education that involves ethics; it involves reproof and correction, finding the right way to go. And it involves instruction in righteousness for the future.” (source)
“The divine nature of Christ is necessary for limited universal atonement. The human nature of Christ is necessary to have a relevant and adequate sacrifice.” (source)
- Title: ED161 Christian Education: Foundations and Technology
- Author: Andrew Peterson
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Christian education; Christian education › Teaching methods; Education › Christian education; Education › Christian education--Teaching methods
- Resource ID: LLS:ED161PETERSON
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2019-06-21T17:27:57Z
Andrew Peterson is vice president for educational innovation and global outreach at Western Seminary and runs Digital Vistas Carolina, a national consulting practice that uses technology in the service of Christian education and the marketplace. He received his MA in educational psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and his PhD in educational technology at the University of Pittsburgh.
During his thirty plus years of management in counseling, seminary and other education, and business, Dr. Peterson worked extensively in the areas of strategic planning, promotional marketing, educational technology, staff development, customer service, fundraising, and program evaluation. He spent seventeen years developing the online campus of Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, and he established a multimedia development center for undergraduate education in science and the arts at University of California, San Diego.