Weekly thoughts

I finished going through the Noah Plan Self-Directed Study in the Principle Approach,  just a quick overview, so I am going to go back through it looking up more references and do it in more detail.  Although my aim is to update this blog weekly, I find myself daily thinking about homeschooling, either in watching my kids, seeing an online article about it, or just in my daydreams.  

I want to write out the big picture statements from the Lessons just for my reference of what are the main ideas.

Lesson #1 - Preparing for the Seminar

What's Wrong - American Christians have permitted secular educators to rob us of our rich educational heritage and the knowledge of our Biblical foundations.

Let's Solve it - Wake up and get armed with the educational philosophy that gave us our liberty.  Take leadership!

Lesson #2 - Gaining the Mind of Christ in Education

What's Wrong - The secularization of our culture went to our heads.  We've met the enemy and it is us.  We are the products of the vain philosophies: of modern American education.

Let's Solve It - Restore your head as well as your heart to Christ!  Learn to reason by Biblical principles and gain a truly Christian world and life view.

Lesson #3 - The Notebook Approach

What's Wrong - Consumerism has consumed us!  Modern education is a consumer driven industry cranking the gears of functional illiteracy!

Let's Solve It - Classic Principle Approach education makes the learner a producer and establishes the skills and character of scholarship through the Notebook Approach. 

Lesson #4 - Education A Whole View

What's Wrong - When you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there.

Let's Solve it - Get a vision of the end goal and aim for it.

Lesson #5 - Our Heritage of Christian Education

What's Wrong - Without principles and "knowledge of the past," we cannot recognize the better way.

Let's Solve it - Learn to discern true methods and curriculum.  Examine Biblical models.

Lesson #6 - Gaining a Providential View of History

What's Wrong - I'm indoctrinated by a materialistic, hedonistic, "me" and "now" focus.  I am not the center of the universe of the sum total of existence.  

Let's Solve it  Get a worldview that is true, Learn His story.

Lesson #7 - The Curriculum and the Method

What's Wrong - Force-fed, worn out, stimulus-response, sensation-injected curricula form the consumer-driven education of today and the resulting dependent character.

Let's Solve it - Breathe life into learning by daring to research, reason, relate, and record. Cultivate a love of learning.

Lesson #8 - Education for the Twenty-first century

What's wrong - The culture is on a crash course propelled by secular, humanistic, agendas driven by modern education

Let's Solve it - Reformation comes one soul, one heart, on mind at a time.  Join the reformation of the nation.  

Those are big picture points that are helpful to look at as I learn this way of teaching.  Now it is time to dig in and look at more of the details.