Monday, February 12, 2007

FUTURE TRENDS IN MISSIONS

What are Issues that families are dealing with?

Learning disabilities


Evaluation of curriculum


Psychological issues for children


College preparation


Readjustment to life in passport country


New MKs having to relate and connect with older MK's


Speech therapy


Internet courses


More homeschoolers


Length of stay on field is shorter- increase in short term or 1-2 terms


International teams- children from non North American educational systems need help


In older fields there are more older children; newer fields-more remote have younger families


How will European Union affect educational options in Europe?


Shorter length of stay in national schools- preschool & kindergarten only in some countries


Trend within missions to send people to large cities and in teams


Parenting issues- newer missionaries are sometimes first generation Christians and from dysfunctional homes

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