For several decades, Foundational Issues in Christian Education has been a key text for many Christian education courses. Its perceptive analysis coupled with clear writing make it a resource without peer. Christian education expert Robert Pazmiño guides readers through a comprehensive discussion of the interdisciplinary foundations of Christian education, calling all Christian educators to reevaluate the fundamentals of their discipline. This updated edition includes interactions with professional developments over the past ten years and appendixes that assess the impact of postmodernism as an educational philosophy. In addition, each chapter includes "points to ponder" for personal reflection or classroom use.  
  
Praise for Previous Editions   
"In a clear and concise way the author introduces each of the foundational areas by exploring its purpose, current trends, and inherent difficulties. . . . His surveys are accurate and his critiques are pointed, insightful, and fair, consistently calling the educator to examine each of the theories in light of one's biblical and theological framework. . . . An outstanding strength of this work is the way it consistently examines foundational considerations in light of the stated purpose of education."--__Darwin K. Glassford__, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society "\[A\] basic work on the philosophical and theological foundations for education within the church. . . . \[It is\] certainly worthy of note. . . . Pazmiño's work always attempts to integrate insights from social science with a thoroughly biblical worldview. . . . This book is highly recommended for the libraries of professional staff engaged in the educational ministry of the church."--__Robert C. De Vries__, Calvin Theological Journal "A feature . . . that should be appreciated is the application of the content to evangelical concerns. This is usually done in the form of questions. Besides being helpful to evangelical educators, it has the potential of promoting understanding by nonevangelicals of the direction and enthusiasms of the evangelical."--__Eugene S. Gibbs__, Religious Education "Theology has much to contribute to education and Pazmiño has made a valuable contribution in drawing attention to that point."--__Kenneth Wilson__, Expository Times

__Robert W. Pazmiño__ (EdD, Columbia University) is the Valeria Stone Professor of Christian Education at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton, Massachusetts, and a national consultant for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning. His many works include God Our Teacher and By What Authority Do We Teach?

For almost twenty years, Foundational Issues in Christian Education has been a key text for many Christian education courses. Its perceptive analysis coupled with clear writing make it a resource without peer.   
  
In the book, Christian education expert Robert Pazmiño guides readers through a comprehensive discussion of the interdisciplinary foundations of Christian education, calling all Christian educators to reevaluate the fundamentals of their discipline. "A careful exploration of foundations," writes Pazmiño, "is essential before specifying principles and guidelines for practice."  
  
This updated edition includes interaction with professional developments over the past ten years and appendixes that assess the impact of postmodernism as an educational philosophy. In addition, each chapter includes "points to ponder" for personal reflection or classroom use.

Updated and revised, this book explores the essential foundations of Christian education that educators draw upon in their thought and practice.

Pazmiño, Robert W.

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction 

1. Biblical Foundations

The Old Testament

The New Testament

An Integrated Model

Conclusion

Points to Ponder

2. Theological Foundations

Four Distinctive Theological Elements

An Orthodox Foundation

A Reforming View of Education

Insights from Paulo Freire

3. Philosophical Foundations

General Definitions

Philosophical Questions

Modern Philosophies of Education

The Choice of Philosophies

A Tale of Five Cities in Global Perspective

4. Historical Foundations

History and Historical Method

History and Education

History and Christian Education

The Greek Heritage

Early Christianity

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Reformation

The United States

Postwar Evangelical Educators

Continuity and Reaffirmation

5. Sociological Foundations

The Social Construction of Reality: Culture

Contextualization and Decontextualization in Culture

The Sociology of Knowledge

The Sociology of Education

One Model for Sociological Inquiry

6. Psychological Foundations

Four Approaches to Integration

Questions of Developmental Psychology

Cognitive Development: Jean Piaget

Psychosocial Development: Erik Erikson

Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg

Faith Development: James Fowler

Neurological and Educational Research

Developmental Presumptions

An Interactive Christian Model

7. Curricular Foundations

Basic Questions

Proposed Metaphors for Curriculum

The Place of Values in the Explicit Curriculum

The Hidden Curriculum

The Null Curriculum

A Larger Vision

Appendix A: Singing the Lord’s Song in a Foreign Land— Proclaiming Truth in a Postmodern Setting

Appendix B: Crossing over to Postmodernity— Educational Invitations

Postscript 

Select Bibliography

For almost twenty years,Foundational Issues in Christian Educationhas been a key text for many Christian education courses. Its perceptive analysis coupled with clear writing make it a resource without peer.  
  
In the book, Christian education expert Robert Pazmiño guides readers through a comprehensive discussion of the interdisciplinary foundations of Christian education, calling all Christian educators to reevaluate the fundamentals of their discipline."A careful exploration of foundations," writes Pazmiño,"is essential before specifying principles and guidelines for practice."  
  
This updated edition includes interaction with professional developments over the past ten years and appendixes that assess the impact of postmodernism as an educational philosophy. In addition, each chapter includes"points to ponder" for personal reflection or classroom use.

Serves as a text for various Christian education courses. This book guides readers through a comprehensive discussion of the interdisciplinary foundations of Christian education.

For almost twenty years, "Foundational Issues in Christian Education" has been a key text for many Christian education courses. Its perspective analysis coupled with clear writing make it a resource without peer. In the book, Christian education expert Robert Pazmino guides readers through a comprehensive discussion of the interdisciplinary foundations of Christian education, calling all Christian educators to reevaluate the fundamentals of their discipline. 'A careful exploration of foundations' writes Pazmino, 'is essential before specifying principles and guidelines for practice'. This updated edition includes interactions with professional developments over the past ten years and appendixes that assess the impact of post modernism as an educational philosophy. In addition, each chapter includes 'points to ponder' for personal reflection or classroom use.

"In a clear and concise way the author introduces each of the foundational areas by exploring its purpose, current trends, and inherent difficulties. His chapters on the psychological and curricular foundations are two of the most concise, clear, and balanced introductions availableA... His surveys are accurate and his critiques are pointed, insightful, and fair, consistently calling the educator to examine each of the theories in light of one's biblical and theological frameworkA... An outstanding strength of this work is the way it consistently examines foundational considerations in light of the stated purpose of education."Darwin K. Glassford, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

Robert W. Pazmino (EdD, Columbia University) is the Valeria Stone Professor of Christian Education at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton, Massachusetts, and a national consultant for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning. His many works include God Our Teacher and By What Authority Do We Teach?

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