EM706-4 - Effective Christian Education Across Cultures

  • 0 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 4
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

  1. The contribution of educational research to teaching and learning in a multicultural context.
  2. How cognitive styles and other contextual factors affect the impact of teaching programs.
  3. The potential tensions and parallels between a Christian worldview and a range of recent classical learning theories.
  4. The, professional, ethical and pastoral responsibilities of the Christian educator, particularly those that emerge due to the diverse cultural origins of the educator and the learner.

B. Be able to

  1. Discern the elements within a specific cultural context that need to be taken into account in devising an effective instructional approach.
  2. Design an intrinsically Christian, culturally appropriate or socially positive instructional program.
  3. Devise approaches to context-sensitive curriculum in the light of collected field data.

C. Be in a position to

  1. Function as a culturally sensitive Christian educator in cross cultural context.

Content

  1. A survey of classical and recent pedagogical theories
  2. Incorporating Theological frameworks pertinent to education; theological anthropology, sin and sanctification; the correlation between Christian views of the self and the  presuppositions of educational theorists
  3. Cultural variants within an educational experience; thinking processes, and the impact of the context, the worldview and values upon cognitive styles as they affect learning
  4. Development of culturally appropriate, biblically-based curriculum on the basis of needs assessments
  5. Evaluation of curriculum impact upon the learner
  6. Assessing wider social ramifications of education; issues of inclusivity, resistance and readiness

Set Readings

Adeyemi, M B & Adeyinka, A A. Some Key Issues in African Traditional Education, Journal of Education 37 No.2, (2002) 223-240

Alur, M, & Timmons, V (Eds.). Inclusive Education Across Cultures : Crossing Boundaries, Sharing Ideas, New Delhi, Sage, 2009

Dirksen, J. Design for How People Learn; Voices that Matter, USA Pearson, 2015

Dahl, M.  Failure to Thrive in Constructivism: A Cross-Cultural Malady, Rotterdam, Sense Publishers, 2010

Estep, J, Anthony, M J & Allison, G. A Theology for Christian Education, Nashville, Broadman and Holman, 2008

Garcia, O, May, S et. al. (eds.). Bilingual and Multi-lingual Education, Cham SW, Springer, 3rd Edition, 2017

Gochenour, T  Beyond Experience: An Experiential Approach to Cross-Cultural Education, Revised Edition, London, Nicholas Brealey, 1993

Grenfell, M, Bloom, D et. el (eds.). Language, Ethnography, and Education : Bridging New Literacy Studies and Bourdieu, London, Routledge, 2011

Guthrie, G. The Formalistic Education Paradigm in Papua New Guinea, Contemporary PNG Studies: DWU Research Journal, 22, 330-347

Ikpeze, C. Teaching Across Cultures: Building Pedagogical Relationships in Diverse Contexts, USA, Sense Publishers, 2015

Knowles, M S.  The Adult Learner : The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, Eighth Edition, London, Tailor and Francis, 2015

Lingenfelter, S & Lingenfelter, S. Teaching Cross-Culturally; An Incarnational Model for Teaching and Learning, Grand Rapids, Baker, 2003

Pazmino, R W God our Teacher: Theological Basics in Christian Education, Grand Rapids, Baker Academic, 2001

Palfreyman, D; McBride, D L.   Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Education. Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan, 2010

Palfreyman, D; Smith, R. Learner Autonomy Across Cultures : Language Education Perspectives, Gordonsville, Palgrave, 2005

Scweisfurth, M. Learner-centred education in international perspective, Journal of International and Comparative Education 2 No. 1, (2013) 1-8

Segovia, F F, & Tolbert M A (Eds.). Teaching the Bible: The Discourses and Politics of Biblical Pedagogy, Philadelphia, Fortress, 2012

Yi-Hsuan, G L A Journey from Learning to Teach to Teaching to Learn Across Cultures, Germany, Lambert Academic, 2010