ADVENTIST EDUCATORS: ARE THEY PREPARING GLOBAL CITIZENS?

Abstract

The Adventist philosophy of education offers an excellent opportunity to prepare global citizens: a fairly uni

form human resource who can serve the church and the world regardless of their country of origin. This is only

true to the extent the Adventist philosophy of education is implemented in Adventist institutions of learning.

The purpose of the study on which this paper is based was to find out the perception of implementation of the

Adventist philosophy of education by student and educators (teachers and administrators). It was conducted in

secondary schools of Central Kenya Conference (CKC). A survey design was used and data was collected using

questionnaires from a purposively selected sample of 282 form four students, 46 teachers and 6 school admin

istrators. The findings revealed that there was inconsistency in the implementation of the Adventist philosophy

of education. There was no established formal induction or seminars to acquaint the teachers and administrators

on the Adventist philosophy of education. The stakeholders differed significantly in their perceptions of imple

mentation of learner-centered methods, effective administration and the mental aspect of the holistic curriculum.

Therefore, there is need to ensure the Adventist philosophy of education is implemented as per the policy in

order to truly prepare global citizens, ready for this world and the world to come. There is need for induction

and training on the philosophy for both teachers and administrators.