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Website: http://jae.adventist.org THE JO U RN AL OF February/March 2013 In the Classroom PLUS The Fourth Adventist School Research Dimension in Resources Internet Writing Adventist Education Pages 12, 17 Safety Page 32 Page 4 Page 26 The Journal of CONTENTS ADVENTIST EDUCATION EDITOR Beverly J. Robinson-Rumble ASSOCIATE EDITOR (INTERNATIONAL EDITION) Luis A. Schulz SENIOR CONSULTANTS John Wesley Taylor V, Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy, Benjamin Schoun, Ella Smith Simmons CONSULTANTS GENERAL CONFERENCE Mike Mile Lekic, Hudson E. Kibuuka, Luis A. Schulz 4 26 39 44 EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA Andrew Mutero FEBRUARY/MARCH 2013 • VOLUME 75, NO. 3 EURO-ASIA Vladimir Tkachuk INTER-AMERICA Gamaliel Flórez INTER-EUROPEAN 4 Service: The Fourth Dimension in Adventist Education Barna Magyarosi NORTH AMERICA By John Wesley Taylor V Larry Blackmer NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC Chek Yat Phoon 12 An Introduction to Adventist Resources SOUTH AMERICA By Tony Zbaraschuk Edgard Luz SOUTH PACIFIC Ken Weslake SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN 17 A Quick Guide to Adventist Resources on the Internet Ellah Kamwendo By Benjamin Baker SOUTHERN ASIA Nageshwara Rao SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC 20 Student to Teacher Transition: First Days of School Lawrence L. Domingo TRANS-EUROPEAN Experience Daniel Duda By Michelle Kucelj Bacchiocchi WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA Chiemela Ikonne COPY EDITOR Randy Hall 26 School Internet Safety: More Than “Block It to Stop It” ART DIRECTION/GRAPHIC DESIGN By Annette Melgosa and Rudy Scott Harry Knox ADVISORY BOARD John Wesley Taylor V, chair; Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy, Larry Blackmer, Erline Burgess, Hamlet Canosa, Keith Hallam; Hudson E. 32 Research Writing: Vital Instruction for All Students Kibuuka, Linda Mei Lin Koh, Mike Mile Lekic, Michael Ryan, Luis A. Schulz, Carole Smith, Tim Soper, Evelyn M. Sullivan, By Tracy Arnett Charles H. Tidwell Jr., David Trim 39 Using Humor in the Classroom By Linda L. Ivy THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION publishes ar- 44 The Bible and Science: A New Free Illustrated ticles concerned with a variety of topics pertinent to Ad- ventist education. Opinions expressed by our writers do Resource for Teachers and Students not necessarily represent the views of the staff or the offi- cial position of the Department of Education of the General By Ariel A. Roth Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE JOUR- The Journal of Adventist Education®, Adventist®, and Seventh-day Adventist® are the registered trademarks of the General NAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION, 3200 We st Fourth Street, Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists®. Buchanan, MI 49107, U.S.A. 2 The Journal of Adventist Education • February/March 2013 http://jae.adventist.org GUEST EDITORIAL David Trim THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH’S SESQUICENTENARY ne hundred and fifty years ago, Seventh-day an excellent opportunity for teachers to discuss Adventist Adventists united for mission. On May 20 history with their students. Starting in April 2013 and run- and 21, 1863, 20 delegates from across the ning through the end of May 2014, the Adventist Review Onorthern United States, representing each and Adventist World will be publishing regular historical American state with Adventist congregations, met in Bat- features, which will provide good starting points for class- tle Creek, Mich igan. They founded the “General Confer- room discussions. But the 150th anniversary is also an ex- ence of Seventh-day Adventists”––an organized denom- cellent opportunity to assign projects that will develop stu- ination focused on mission and on proclaiming the good dents’ research skills, and at the same time, acquaint them news of a God who created us, lived among us, died for with the wonderfully rich history of Adventism. For these us, was raised to life, ministers in the heavenly sanctuary projects, students will need to access more detailed re- for us, and redeems us. sources. Teachers may want to develop a special course or 2013 is thus the sesquicentenary of the Seventh-day unit on Adventist history. They, too, will want more re- Adventist Church. For Ad - sources. Libraries will need to ventists, however, a 150th an- provide support for courses niversary is not a time for and student research projects. parties or celebration––the Accordingly, in this issue, founders of the General Con- there are two articles on Ad- ference would have undoubt- ventist history to help teach- edly been deeply disappointed ers, school and college librar - to know that their descen- ians, and students. Tony dants are still on earth in Zbaraschuk’s “An Introduc- 2013. Yet while there may tion to Adventist Resources” seem little reason for jubila- (p. 12), which is largely bibli- tion in this jubilee, there are unquestionably grounds for ographical in focus, deals with identifying books for an thanksgiving as we reflect on the way God has led this “Adventist studies” collection; complete bibliographic in- remnant church. In 1863, there were about 3,000 Sev- formation on the books will be available online at the JOUR- enth-day Adventists, almost all of them in the northeast NAL’S Website and will be periodically updated. Benjamin United States, with a few in Canada and only a handful Baker’s “A Quick Guide to Adventi st Resources on the In- outside North America. Today, the denomination has a ternet” (p. 17) reveals the extraordinary wealth of both pri- worldwide membership of more than 17 million. Our mary and secondary sources now available online. More holistic message has enhanced the lives of many millions resources, focusing on the 150th anniversary in particular, of people, while our prophetic message points to a better can be found at http://www.adventist.org/150. world to come when Christ returns to redeem those who are faithful to Him. Thus, we have good reason to commemorate our David Trim, Ph.D., is Director, Office of Archives, Statistics, 150th anniversary: to reflect on “the way the Lord has led and Research, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists us, and His teaching in our past history” (Life Sketches of in Silver Spring, Maryland. He previously taught at Newbold Ellen G. White, p. 196); and to renew our commitment to College for 10 years and held the Walter C. Utt Chair of His- mission. tory at Pacific Union College for two years. Dr. Trim is a Fel- Between now and May 2014, the Seventh-day Adventist low of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the Ad- Church will be marking its sesquicentenary. This provides visory Board for THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION. http://jae.adventist.org The Journal of Adventist Education • February/March 2013 3 SERVICE The Fourth Dimension in Adventist Education n 1903, Ellen White wrote: “Our come.”2 This indicates that there is an ideas of education take too narrow added element that is vital for life and and too low a range. There is need learning—one that incorporates time of a broader scope, a higher aim. and space, integrates the social arena, True education . has to do with and emphasizes service (see Figure 2).3 Ithe whole being, and with the whole This fourth element is the social di- period of existence possible to man. It mension, in which servi ce is a key com- is the harmonious development of the ponent. Jesus, for example, “grew in wis- physical, the mental, and the spiritual dom and stature, and in favor with God powers.”1 and man” (Luke 2:52, NIV 1984).4 Later, Based in part on this statement, Sev- in His ministry, Christ “went through- enth-day Adventist educators have de- out Galilee, teaching in their syna- vel oped a model comprised of these Figure 1. gogues, preaching the good news of the three elements—physical, mental, and The Harmonious-Development Model kingdom, and healing every disease and spiritual development, often depicted sickness among the people” (Matthew as an equilateral triangle (see Figure 1). 4:23, NIV 1984). Here again, we find To varying degrees, Adventist educa- crucial to true education? four facets: teaching, preaching the tion systems have endeavored to imple- The very next sentence in the 1903 gospel, healing, and associating with ment this balanced, whole-person per- passage holds the answer. “[True educa- others—in essence, the cognitive, spiri- spective. Could it be, though, that there tion] prepares the student for the joy of tual, physical, and social dimensions.