Publication Date
Spring 2021
School
Helms School of Government
Major
Government: Politics and Policy
Keywords
Biblical Christian worldview, education, Christianity, pragmatism, Marxism, constructivism, critical race theory, God, Marx, Dewey, Fabian
Disciplines
Christianity | Education | Intellectual History | Practical Theology | Religion | Religious Education | Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Recommended Citation
Walker, Chester, "Investigating the Prevailing Worldviews of American Public Education: A Brief Analysis and History" (2021). Senior Honors Theses. 1085.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/1085
Abstract
This thesis investigates whether the philosophies and worldviews underlying U.S. public education contradict or purposefully undermine Biblical Christianity. It provides readers with an understanding of the Biblical Christian worldview to enable them to analyze and contrast prominent worldviews of public education. Pragmatism and Marxism run rampant in public education today. Both strongly oppose fundamental tenets of the Biblical Christian worldview. To determine any purposeful anti-Christian agenda, the author examines the men behind the worldviews. Christianity maintains that ideas and practices in education originate from deeply-held, personal beliefs, which are passed on to students. Education is a means of discipleship to the ultimate end glorifying God, so parents must prudently discern the basic presuppositions of today’s schools.
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Christianity Commons, Intellectual History Commons, Practical Theology Commons, Religious Education Commons, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons
