These methods verify that we need to renew our thinking concerning education. The Heart of Wisdom teaching approach is a beautiful, exciting blending of several of these teaching methods. Below are nutshell descriptions of each approach. The Bible is the center of education, and all subordinate studies should be brought into the circle of light radiating from thence.
Academics play an important part, but they are secondary.
Students spend half the school day studying God's Word and the other half studying God's world. The Bible outlines how we should teach our children. The Hebraic aim of education was ethical and religious. Study is a form of worship. The method of instruction in the home was oral, and learning was accomplished by practice.