Training for Protestant Reformed Teachers: Some History
This historical article traces the origins of teacher training in Protestant Reformed schools, examining Herman Hoeksema's 1920 promotion of a "normal school" for preparing Christian educators within the CRC before the Common Grace Controversy. Dykstra demonstrates that institutional teacher training has deep historical roots in Reformed education, establishing that Hoeksema understood qualified Christian teachers as essential to the vitality of covenant schools.
Previous article in this series: January 15, 2017, p. 173. It has been the intent of this series of editorials to demonstrate the importance, yea, even the necessity, of having some institution to provide training that will equip men and women to teach in Protestant Reformed schools. This is not a novel idea. It has a pedigree, if you will. It can be traced to Herman Hoeksema. Recall (from the first editorial in this series, Nov. 15, 2016) that in 1920 Rev. Hoeksema, minister in the Christian...
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