I was inspired by the Christian Principal's Conference presentations of David Smith of Calvin College and Kuyers Institute. Seldom have I heard someone speak who is able to work the worldview stuff deep into curriculum and pedagogy with such integrity. It left me wondering what sort of action we could take as leaders in Christian Education. Smith referred several times to the curriculum study groups that he was part of as a language teacher in the UK. I was wondering if we could start up something similar on a regional basis. We could begin by studying David's book The Bible and the Task of Teaching by David I. Smith and John Shortt (Nottingham, UK: Stapleford Centre, 2002)over the course of next year in small groups around the province. These could be groups of teachers from one school or teachers in one subject area from several area schools or whoever would like to get together. I suggest that we call these reading groups Der Blaue Hund and that you meet off campus. I'm thinking that we could gather a Lower Mainland BC group to meet at Dublin Crossing every third Friday after school say and we might ask David to pose some questions for us to consider. Let me know what you think.
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Dennis, I like the Dublin Crossing idea a lot. Besides the obvious professional growth potential, the people from these schools would get to know each other better. And "Der Blaue Hund" is a good name - with a great story. I would favour getting this started in the Fall.
Peter
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