Teaching Christian Worldview in Uganda

This past May, at Bethel Junior Academy in Entebbe, Uganda, Educational Care instructors met with 11 teachers representing five different schools in the area.

Educational Care, which was developed by Resonate Global Mission, supports and trains instructors to show teachers how to show Christ’s love to children in the classroom.

For instance, instructors taught teachers about a biblical worldview that says all children are made in God’s image.

Through action planning, and measurable learning techniques, Educational Care instructors help teachers create meaningful lesson plans for their classrooms.

Nabaka Juliet, one of the Uganda educators, went through the worldview module of Educational Care. In the module, educators learn how to incorporate faith into their learning – whether or not they are teaching in a Christian school. Like the other teachers, she was asked as part of the training to create an action plan.

Juliet said the training helped to teach her how to best support faith learning at her school, Ebenezer Primary School.

“I will have started a dynamic a vibrant club for music and drama with at least 20 children in Ebenezer Primary School,” said Juliet about her four-month action plan.

Zion, another educator at the Entebbe training, also shared what he learned from Educational Care training. “I am going to work with and teach children from a biblical worldview, honoring and respecting them as God’s image bearers.”

Educational Care works to give educators clear plans to implement in their classrooms and within their schools.

As a result, more teachers like Zion and Juliet as well as their students are able to to receive and use Christian-based educational strategies.

“Teaching is a ministry not a money-making enterprise,” said Juliet. “I have learned effective ways of grouping students: think, pair, share and expert groups.”

As many of the schools Educational Care works with have limited resources, Educational Care is able to supply them with lesson strategies in the context in which the schools find themselves.

Educational Care also provides group learning and six instructional modules to encourage teaching methods that connect faith and measurable learning.

The modules have been translated into eight different languages and are in the process of being translated into seven more. The modules have been introduced in several areas around the world, including in East Africa, West Africa, Latin America, Egypt, Asia, and South Korea.

Over 2,000 teachers have received training in implementing strategies in their classrooms. Roughly 327,000 students now receive faith-based education with measurable learning initiatives because their teachers have learned from Educational Care instructors.

While Educational Care encourages educators to express their own faith, the program also takes into account that not all educators work within a Christian based educational environment. For this reason, a worldview based model best serves instructors.

The materials Educational Care provides are effective in rural, urban, and individualized contexts.