In this project, educators from Indiana state Christian schools reveal their beliefs about how modern public schools fail to impart the moral education and values that they feel are a requisite part of education. Many interviewees comment on the morally inadequate, corrupt, and even threatening environment that public schools represent to Christian (and other) students. The Christian teachers also elaborate on the teaching methods and programs used to teach students in their schools, as well as the state regulations the Christian schools must adhere to in order to remain open.
Bowles, Reverend Donald G
Douglas, Michael W.
Douglas, Shirley E.
Kelley, Richard D.
Kelley, Stanley O.
Kuhn, Raymond B.; Sankey, Leonard L.
Myers, Mark J.
Potter, David A.
Shields, David J.
Stashevsky, Richard J.
Wagner, David W.
Interviewee: | Bowles, Reverend Donald G |
Call number: | 85-020 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 26, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 32 pp; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips, 105 minutes; index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha K. |
Reverend Donald G. Bowles, pastor of Grace Baptist Temple, tells about his missionary work and how it impacted his children's education and how this effected his attitude toward Christian Education. He describes how his school is run and the values Christian education based upon.
DePaul School
Grace Baptist Temple
National Education Association
Seoul Foreign School
Dewey, John
Ebling, Dave
Guiler, Mary
Bloomington, Indiana
Louisville, Kentucky
Republic, Missouri
Seoul, Korea
Springfield, Missouri
Taejon, Korea
Zaire
missionary
Accelerated Christian Education
Christian education
Christian schools
DePaul Learning Society Materials
culture shock
prayer in school
public schools
state educational role
Interviewee: | Douglas, Michael W. |
Call number: | 85-033 |
Date(s) of Interview: | May 28, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 65 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 115 minutes; no index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha |
Michael W. Douglas, a reverend of the Pentecostal Faith Assembly, discusses his views of the importance of Christian spiritual education for American youth. He speaks of Christian schooling, the Christian perspective on education as opposed to that embraced by public education, and his views on the idea and governmental application of the separation of church and state. In addition, Douglas comments on corporal punishment and, in his view, the spiritual necessity of learning from the Bible.
Pentecostal Faith Assembly
Rogers, Carl
Monroe County, Indiana
United States
reverend
Accelerated Christian Education
Christian schools
corporal punishment
curriculum
educational philosophy
humanism
public schools
separation of church and state
Interviewee: | Douglas, Shirley E. |
Call number: | 85-023 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 26, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 25 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 80 minutes; index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha |
Shirley E. Douglas, member of the Pentecostal Faith Assembly and teacher at and supporter of Christian schools, speaks of the Christian faith and responsibility to educate America's youth with traditional Christian values, as opposed to the humanism that characterizes public education. Douglas discusses the reasons behind her opposition to sex and drug education and comments on discipline and the gender roles she believes to be prescribed by the Scriptures.
Pentecostal Faith Assembly
Christian schools
child discipline
drug education
educational philosophy
gender roles
humanism
moral education
sex education
Interviewee: | Kelley, Richard D. |
Call number: | 85-028 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 5, 1985; June 17, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 9 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 90 minutes; index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha |
Richard D. Kelley shares his beliefs and perspective regarding Christian schools and moral education in this interview. He discusses the humanism embraced by public schools and comments on his preferences for a dress code, parent-supported discipline, and the teaching of Christian morality, as embodied by the Christian school he created.
dress code
Accelerated Christian Education
Christian schools
child discipline
humanism
moral education
Interviewee: | Kelley, Stanley O. |
Call number: | 85-027 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 5, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 30 pp.; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips; no index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha K. |
Stanley O. Kelley discusses the Christian school located in the Church of Jesus Christ in Bloomington, Indiana, of which he is a pastor. He describes the differences between Christian schools and public schools and talks about the success of Christian schools.
Bloomington, Indiana
reverend
Accelerated Christian Education
Church of Jesus Christ
citizenship
creationism
educational philosophy
evolution
moral education
parental responsibility
public schools
religious beliefs
Interviewee: | Kuhn, Raymond B.; Sankey, Leonard L. |
Call number: | 85-022 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 28, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 30 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 103 minutes; no index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha |
In this interview, Leonard L. Sankey and Raymond B. Kuhn of the Faith Mission Church and the Stone City Christian Academy, discuss the founding of this school, the centrality of their message and mission from God to the creation of the school, and what Christian schools provide (as opposed to public schools). Sankey speaks of the ABEKA program and the Accelerated Christian Education, or ACE program, and the positive results of these programs in the academy. In addition, discipline, parental responsibility, moral education, funding, and computer education are discussed.
ABEKA
Faith Mission Church
Stone City Christian Academy
Accelerated Christian Education
Christian school funding
Christian schools
child discipline
class size
computer education
humanism
moral education
parental responsibility
public schools
television
tuition
Interviewee: | Myers, Mark J. |
Call number: | 85-026 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 12, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 27 pp.; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes; index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha |
Mark J. Myers speaks of the Christian school he began in response to his concern about the decaying or nonexistent moral education students were receiving at public schools. He discusses the necessity of parental involvement in their children's education, the importance of consistent and firm discipline, and the class equalizing effects of introducing and enforcing a dress code or the wearing of uniforms at schools. In addition, Myers comments on the means and obstacles involved in obtaining funding for his Christian school.
reverend
Accelerated Christian Education
Christian school funding
Christian schools
child discipline
dress code
moral education
parental involvement
public schools
sin
Interviewee: | Potter, David A. |
Call number: | 85-032 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 20, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 58 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 90 minutes; no index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha |
David A. Potter discusses his perspective on the superiority of Christian schools to public education, especially in the areas of moral education, discipline, individual attention, the indoctrinization of Christian values and patriotism, and parental involvement. In addition, he speaks of the merits and drawbacks of instituting Accelerated Christian Education, or ACE, and phonics programs in the classroom. Potter speaks of the teacher requirements in place at his school, how the school is funded, and the decline of public education.
ABEKA
Craft, Marsella School
Accelerated Christian Education
Christian school funding
Christian schools
child discipline
drugs
humanism
moral education
parental involvement
patriotism
phonics
public schools
religious tolerance
teacher requirements
Interviewee: | Shields, David J. |
Call number: | 85-029 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 13, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 40 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 80 minutes; no index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha |
David J. Shields speaks of his beliefs about and participation in Christian schools. A member of the Pentecostal faith, Shields lists some of his problems with public education. In addition, he speaks of the morality and values embraced by Christian schools, the teachers and congregation of his school, Indiana education regulations, and the importance of the Bible. Shields also comments on the way that the combination of racism and integration led to an increase in the creation of private, Christian, and parochial schools for white children in the South.
United Pentecostal Church
Christian schools
Indiana education regulations
church membership
dress code
morals
public schools
racism
school buildings
segregation
values
Interviewee: | Stashevsky, Richard J. |
Call number: | 85-025 |
Date(s) of Interview: | Juen 27, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 38 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 90 minutes; no index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha |
Richard J. Stashevsky, the administrator of Colonial Christian School, discusses Christian morality and values, and how these are best served in Christian schools. He speaks of the separation of church and state in the context of public education and the running of his school. In addition, Stashevsky comments on gender roles and the sexual permissiveness of modern secular society, tuition, and the modern disintegration of ethics.
Colonial Christian School
values
Christian schools
alcoholism
ethics
gender roles
morals
public schools
separation of church and state
tuition
Interviewee: | Wagner, David W. |
Call number: | 85-021 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 27, 1985 |
Physical Description: | 49 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 72 minutes; no index |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Norkunas, Martha |
In this interview, David W. Wagner speaks of his career as a teacher and, later, an administrator, at a Christian school in Indianapolis. Wagner discusses the importance of discipline and parental involvement, and offers some criticisms of the Accelerated Christian Education, or ACE, and ABEKA programs. In addition, he speaks of diversity in his school, the issue of busing, and the centrality of the Bible in the education provided by Christian schools.
ABEKA
Christian schools
Indiana education regulations
Pentecostal faith
busing
child discipline
diversity
films
humanism
parental involvement
public schools
television
tuition