This course will examine multiple frameworks for understanding how Christian commitments can inform teacher identity and formation and guide professional practice. The course will include attention to how the Bible, with its diversity of genres, functions as an educational text, as well as to exemplars of Christian engagement with education and key facets of teacher and student vocation.
A range of faith-informed practices will be examined as they apply to professional practice in educational settings. Students will work in classrooms at The Esther School and also visit schools in Lusaka. They will work alongside, visit, and conduct a research inquiry about access to education in Zambia and work with teachers to create lessons that incorporate the economic sustainability initiatives of The Esther School. The course will focus on what it means to live out Christian faith commitments and practices in a variety of ways.
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