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Document: Jan Waterink, Basic Concepts in Christian Pedagogy (St. Catharines, ON.: Paideia Press, 1954).
Excerpt: Can education truly be neutral, or are its foundations inevitably shaped by one’s deepest convictions about mankind, truth, and purpose? This excerpt explores a fundamental question: does a Christian approach to education merely differ in application, or does it rest on entirely different foundations than its humanistic counterpart? Drawing from a 1953 international congress on educational sciences, it also highlights the ongoing struggle to define pedagogics as a legitimate science—especially in the context of its philosophical roots. As Christian educators seek to recover a distinctly biblical framework, this reflection invites us to reconsider what truly lies at the heart of teaching and learning.
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