Education Resources
Titles in Red are in the Eberly Library at
Brueggemann, W. . The creative word: Canon
as a model for Biblical education.
Colby, Kimberly. Teachers and Religion in the Public Schools.
Coles, R. . The
spiritual life of children.
Freire, P. . Pedagogy of the oppressed.
Healy, J. M. . Endangered
minds: Why children don’t think and what we can do about it.
Hirsch, E. D., Jr. . The
schools we need and why we don’t have them.
Issler, K. & Habermas,
R. . How we learn.
Kilpatrick, W. . Why
Johnny can’t tell right from wrong: What we can do about it.
Loder, J. E. . The transforming moment.
Nord, W. A. . Religion and American
education: Rethinking a national dilemma.
Nord, Warren A. Taking Religion
seriously across the curriculum / Warren A. Nord
and Charles C. Haynes.
Palmer, P.J., To
Know as We Are Knoown: Educationn
as a Spiritual Journey.I
Pazmiņo, R. . Foundational issues in Christian education.
Peterson, M. L. . Philosophy
of education: Issues and options.
Pierson, Jim. No
Disabled Souls: How to welcome people with disabilities into your life
and church (Standard) Absolutely the most basic book on the subject,
it is chock-full of practical ideas and Biblical wisdom illustrated with
inspiring stories.
Poe, Harry L. Christianity
in the Academy : Teaching at the Intersection of Faith and Learning.
Purpel, D. E. . The
moral and spiritual crisis in education.
Sutton, Joe. Special
Education: A Biblical Approach: special education resources for Christian
schools.
Sowell, T. . Inside
American education: The decline, the deception, the dogmas.
Staver, Matthew.. Faith and Freedom: a complete handbook for defending
your religious rights.
Stronks, Julia & Stronks, Gloria. Christian Teachers in Public Schools. Baker. 379.28 S924c
Van Brummelen, H. W. . Walking with God in the classroom:
Christian approaches to learning and teaching.
The definitive, serious book on developing a truly Christian framework on thinking Christianly about schooling. Essential. (Please know: although this is written mostly for alternative Christian schools, the insights and wisdom are transferable to public school settings!)
Van Dyk, John. The Craft of Christian teaching: A Classroom
Journey.
Van Dykn John. Letters to Lisa: Conversations with a
Christian Teacher.
371.102 V248L
A gem of a book, written as a series of letters between a daughter (first time elementary teacher) and her father (a professor of education) Each letter is about how to apply the Christian worldview and being faithful in the daily details of the classroom, so it is a perfect example of relating theory and practice. (Note: Although the story unfolds in an alternative Christian school, the wisdom and insights are clearly transferable to public school settings!)
Veith, G.
E. . Classical education: Towards the revival of American schooling.
Webb, Stephen
H. Taking Religion to School:
Christian Theology and Secular Education.
Webb-Mitchell,
Brett. God Plays Piano, Too: The
Spiritual Lives of Disabled Children.
Absolutely remarkable stories of care and wisdom. Will help anyone in the field gain an appreciation for the kids with whom they work!
Whitehead, John W.
The Rights of Religious Persons in Public Education.
Wolterstorff, N. Educating for
Life: Reflections of christian
Teaching and LearningI
Wolterstorff, N. (). Educating for responsible action.
This bibliography contains resources that were originally as a resource of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. It is used here with permission of the CCCU. Modifications have been made to this document in the form of the addition of Eberly Library call numbers and the deletion of some titles. For the original document, visit www.cccu.org.
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