EM014-812 - Teaching in Intercultural Settings

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code EM614.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, intercultural training and education.

B. Be able to

1. Examine biblical concepts and principles of teaching and learning

2. Investigate the impact of cultural values, styles of learning, ways of knowing, and traditional educational processes and practices on effective teaching and learning

3. Review the implications of research into adult education and cross-cultural teaching and learning for teaching across cultures

4. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on teaching interculturally

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying perspectives and skills from ‘Teaching in Intercultural Settings’ to ministry practice as a reflective practitioner

Content

  • Biblical principles and patterns of teaching, learning, and discipling.
  • Adult education theories and principles developed in the West.
  • The influence of basic intercultural differences in values and worldview assumptions on intercultural teaching and learning.
  • Non-western ways of knowing and learning, and learning styles across cultures.
  • Orality and its implications for intercultural teaching and learning.
  •  Models and case studies of teaching and learning in other cultures; implications for teaching and learning in other contexts.
  • Components of a personal philosophy of intercultural teaching.
  •  Issues in designing training for specific contexts: stakeholders, learning outcomes, activities, alignment, assessment.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Prescribed:

Brookfield, Stephen. The Skillful Teacher. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

Brynjolfson, Robert, and Jonathan Lewis, ed. Integral Ministry Training: Design and evaluation. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2006.

Downs, Perry. Teaching for Spiritual Growth: An Introduction to Christian Education. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994.

Hofstede, Geert.“Cultural Differences in Teaching and Learning.” International Journal of Intercultural Relations 10 (1986): 301-320.

Knowles, Malcolm. The Adult Learner. London: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.

Jarvis, Peter. Adult Education and Lifelong Learning: Theory and Practice. Milton Park, UK: Routledge, 2010.

Lingenfelter, Judith, and Sherwood Lingenfelter. Teaching Cross Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003.

Merriam, Sharan, ed. Non-Western Perspectives on Learning and Knowing. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 2007.

Merriam, Sharan, and Rosemary Caffarella. Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

Vella, Jane. Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach: The Power of Dialogue Learning in Adults. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Romanowski, Michael, and Teri McCarthy. Teaching in a Distant Classroom: Crossing Borders for Global Transformation. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009.

 

Recommended:

Bowen, Earle, and Dorothy Bowen. “Contextualizing teaching methods for Africa.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 25 (1989): 270-275.

Palmer, Parker. The Courage to Teach : Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Watkins, David. “Learning and Teaching: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.”,School Leadership & Management International Review 20 (2000): 161-173.

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