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What is it?
What is it?
Being a good steward or caretaker of our possessions. Good economic practice - positive ways of exchanging goods and services - is about the well-being, the livelihood, of the whole household.
An interesting quote from a horse trainer that might have parallels with stewardship and education: "We horsemen, therefore, are responsible for our relationship with the horse and for its well-being while it is in our care. Accordingly, it is our duty, as stewards, to come to know enough about the horse that we do not, in any way, cause it mental or physical grief, either because of ignorance about its nature or due to lack of control over ourselves while we are dealing with it" (Erik F. Herbermann, "On Stewardship, Dressage and CT, Aug. 1992, p.5)
"God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Genesis 1:28
"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms."
1 Peter 4:10
Starting Questions
Starting Questions
How can I specifically have my students become better stewards of their time and resources in class? How can I get students to practice this now so that it becomes second nature to them?
How can I help my class steward their physical environment? Maybe the simple task of pushing in chairs (leaving the classroom neater than it was before for the next in-coming class!) and picking up trash near their desk is a small way of stewarding creation.
"Ignorance is bliss" or so they say because with knowledge comes a certain responsibility. How can I get students to feel a certain weight of responsibility for the knowledge they now have from being in or taking my class? After my class, they can no longer say, "Ignorance is bliss." (Ex. After learning about mental illnesses in psychology class, how can I encourage my students to 'steward' their information about this well?)
Could one of the questions that, as a class, we seek to answer together after each unit be: "What are we supposed to do with this now that we know it?"
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
The following is a list of teacher-generated ideas of ways that this practice could be implemented in the classroom or school culture.
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