Meaningful education is not about learning the subjects (e.g. Maths, Science, etc.). It's learning about life via the subjects.

In the International Baccalaureate, students ultimately engage in the Areas of Interaction i.e. the items surrounding the center of the diagram below, and the subjects (those at the outer edge of the hexagon) are vehicles of learning.

Learning is thus two-pronged, and children are provided with a coherent framework by which to both excel in, say, Maths and be aware and engaged with their own community (in "Community & Service", for example). The Areas of Interaction (AOI) are what make the education thoroughly meaningful and relevant.

Perhaps Christian education should be like this. The 'subjects' are what we're used to:

• Theology (of God, of Man, of Salvation, etc.)
• Church History
• Discipleship
• Apologetics
• Old & New Testament Survey, etc.

But the AOIs' could be things like:

• Technology
• Politics
• Psychology
• Business
• Ecology
• Culture
• Health, etc.

Maybe Christian educators can focus on interacting, engaging and making responsible choices on the AOIs', with such awareness and application being informed by the kingdom subjects.

Could we imagine a diagram for Christian education similar to the above?

The goal, of course, is to transform and 'redeem' the AOIs', NOT just to get 'head-knowledge' of the Christian topics. It's the intellectual version of getting the church 'out of' the church.

What do you think? Could it create more 'world-impacting' kingdom people, eager to both change their community with kingdom curriculum?