Developing a creator-centered worldview / [print]
Steve Deckard, Dave DeWitt.
- Romana, CA : Vision Publishing, (c)2003.
- 96 pages : 23 cm
- Worldview Series .
- Worldview Series .
THE BASICS REGARDING THE CONFLICT OF TWO ISSUES -- Developing a Christian Creationist Worldview -- Philosophical and Foundational Issues -- Viewpoint -- Basic Elements of a Biblical-Creationist Worldview -- Defining Worldview -- The Importance of Worldview Development -- Worldview Formation and How we know what we know -- The Effects of a Changed Worldview -- Applying what we have learned to Biblical Creationist Worldview -- Bible Verses Related to the Topic -- Bibliography SCIENCE AND WORLD VIEW STUDIES -- The Capabilities of Science in the Formation of a Modern Worldview -- Science and Worldview Formation -- Roots of the Evolutionary Worldview -- The True Base for Worldview Formation -- The Crucial Symmetry of a Creationist Theology and Science -- References EDUCATION AND WORDVIEW STUDIES -- The Entangled Roots of Evolutionary Theory and U.S. Public Education -- A False Guiding Philosophy The Impact of Mann and Dewey -- Results of a False Guiding Philosophy -- Secular Humanism More Results -- Bad Theology and Bad Science -- Conflict Between Two Opposing Worldviews -- Curriculum/Textbooks and Worldview Development -- Jihad in Public Classrooms -- Curriculum/Textbooks and the Shift in Cosmogonies -- Textbooks and Worldview Development -- Evolutionary Content of Selected Secondary Biology Textbooks -- Creationist Content of Christian Secondary and College-level Biology Textbooks -- The Importance of Worldview in Curriculum Development -- Origins Beliefs Among Teachers -- Teaching and Personal Aspects of Worldview Development -- Teacher Perspective -- Student Perspective -- Curriculum Perspective -- An Example of the "Spiral Theme Weaving Technique" -- Science Teacher Origins Beliefs -- Teacher Survey -- Individual Statement Analysis -- Collective Item Analysis -- Total Score Analysis -- Suggested Tenets for Christian Educators -- Proposed Worldview- based Tenets for Christian Education -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References Cited.