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Education (EDU)
The Education concentration at Providence Christian College is designed to equip students to teach from a distinctly Christian perspective in a manner that exalts the person and lordship of Jesus Christ. Throughout the program, students will be given opportunities to observe and serve in local schools under the mentoring guidance of master Christian teachers. The goal is to prepare students to teach in Christian, private, and state schools, church education programs, in overseas missions, and homeschool settings. Students will be trained to teach in a biblically faithful, kingdom-advancing, and God-glorifying manner.
The EDU concentration begins in the first year by laying the essential groundwork for critical thinking with a core focused upon economics, mathematics, philosophy, political theory, religion, and Western Civilization. Additional courses on composition and presentation require students to not only learn material but communicate information cogently and persuasively—essential foundational skills in education. Students are encouraged to take Philosophy and Foundations of Education (EDU 101) during the second semester of their freshman year in order to develop a distinctly Christian view of education and to explore the field in a way that allows them to answer the question: “Am I called to be a teacher?”
Second-year students complete additional studies in the liberal arts core while enrolling in Curriculum and Instruction and Current Issues in Education in the Fall and Spring semesters, as well as having the option to begin an internship in a classroom in a local school. Students may also begin classes in instructional methods.
Upper-class EDU students enroll in classes on Exceptional Learners, Student Diversity, Reading, Language, and Math Methods, while completing their internship requirements. Other core course requirements round out a student’s academic preparation, before their program culminates in their participation in the EDU Capstone.
The fourth-year students at Providence have the unique opportunity to do their Capstone in tandem with a 14 week student teaching opportunity or to do a traditional education capstone research project. Students who choose to student teach will also take additional methods classes in science, bible and social studies and will be eligible to apply for ACSI teaching certification, enabling them to teach in Christian schools in North America and all over the world. Any student wishing to be credentialed through the state of California should, upon graduation from Providence, enroll in a fifth year credential program at a college or university approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The goal of the education concentration is to prepare students to carry out their calling to teach in any setting.
Mission Statement:
Concentration Learning Outcomes:
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The Education concentration exists to prepare students to be excellent teachers who are
inspired and equipped to teach in a God-glorifying manner in whatever setting they are called.
After active participation and completion of this program, students will be able to:
Articulate a Christian and Reformed, biblical perspective on education.
Communicate a strong understanding of the history, philosophy, and psychology of education.
Identify professional and Christian solutions to current issues in education.
Think Christianly about student diversity and needs of individual learners in order to teach
compassionately and effectively.
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