Book Review and its Application in Educational Leadership Educational leadership is one of the most important roles in the modern education system given its significance in establishing educational policy and processes towards enhancing the learning environment and outcomes. Therefore, an educational leader has an influential role in motivating, challenging, inspiring, and affirming educational practice and processes as well as pedagogy of educators. This process requires the application of principles that help in enhancing the learning environment and outcomes. As a result, the principles of educational leadership has been the subject of numerous publications and books. An example of a book that provides principles that can be applied in the role of educational leadership is Kingdom Education: God’s Plan for Educating Future Generations by Glen Schultz.

Overview and Summary of the Author’s Key Points

Kingdom Education: God’s Plan for Educating Future Generations was written by Glen Schultz to provide a biblical philosophy of education. The book, which is a must read for every Christian adult and educators, provides 10 biblical principles that should be utilized in educating children and youth. These philosophy and principles are based on the idea that the education of children and youth ought to be be guided by a God-centered worldview. Therefore, when educating children and youth, parents, church leaders, and educators must utilize a God-centered worldview in order to properly and fully equip the next generation (Schultz, 2003). The...

The introduction and need for a God-centered worldview in the education of children and youth is partly attributable to the nature of today’s society in which parents have become increasingly concerned about the education of the children. As violence increases among the youth and in the society, parents have become alarmed and concerned about their children’s education and growth. In light of these concerns, they are increasingly exploring whether they children should go to private, public, home or Christian schools. The author postulates that the increased violence among today’s youth and the society is attributable to the failure by parents to follow biblical principles in the education of children and youth. Therefore, these concerns can be effectively addressed through following the biblical principles and philosophy to fulfill kingdom education.
Personal Response

Through setting forth biblical philosophy and principles to guide the education of children and youth, the book provides a suitable foundation for the use of a Christian-centered worldview in the modern educational environment and setting. In my opinion, Schultz basically suggests…