EM042-912 - Reproducing Reflective Practice
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2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
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12Credit Points
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0.125 EFT
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9AQF level
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Category advanced unitC
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evangelism missiolUnit Discipline
Prerequisites
48 cps Level 8
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students willA. Know and understand
Demonstrate Specialised knowledge and understanding of, and research principles and methods used in, missiological Reflective practice
B. Be able to
1. Evaluate Specialised methods and issues in sustaining effective ministry in missionary settings
2. Integrate diverse scholarship and ministry experience in reflective missiological practice and practice-based research
3. Present independent Research-Driven perspectives on missiological Reflective practice
C. Be in a position to
Applying research-based perspectives and skills from ‘Reproducing Reflective practice’ for ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner
Content
1. Summary and building of connections between units studied in the MA in Intercultural Studies and previous theological study.
2. Reflective practice
3. Community of practice
4. Communication principles for missionary and non-missionary audiences
5. Practice-based research principles
6. Professional development planning for missionaries
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:
Hibbert, R., and Hibbert, E., “Nurturing Missionary Learning Communities,” in Transforming Teaching for Mission: Educational Theory and Practice: The 2014 Proceedings of the Association of Professors of Missions, ed. Danielson, R., and Hartley, W., 268-287 (Wilmore, KY: First Fruits Press, 2014).
Recommended:
Hiebert, P., The Gospel in Human Contexts Anthropological Explorations for Contemporary Missions (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009).
Langmead, R., “Theological Reflection in Ministry and Mission,” Ministry, Society & Theology 18(2004): 9-28.
Ott, C., Strauss, S., and Tennent, T., Encountering Theology of Mission: Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2010).
Pocock, M., Van Rheenen, G., and McConnell, D., The Changing Face of World Missions (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005).
Scheuermann, R., and Smither, E., Controversies in Mission: Theology, People, and Practice of Mission in the 21st Century (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2016).
Thompson, S., and Thompson, N., The Critically Reflective Practitioner (Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
Van Rheenen, G. and Parker, A., Missions: Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Strategies (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2014).
Wenger, E,, McDermott, R., and Snyder, W., Cultivating Communities of Practice : a Guide to Managing Knowledge. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.
Classics:
Donovan, V., Christianity Rediscovered (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2003).
Plueddemann, J., “The Real Disease of Sunday School.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 9(1972): 88-92.
Schön, D., The Reflective Practitioner (Abingdon, UK: Taylor and Francis, 1995).