Content

This unit provides the opportunity for students to begin to develop an understanding of the process of learning through the life span and to develop skills in facilitating learning experiences for ministry contexts. Learning theory and what this indicates about good teaching practice will be considered. Opportunities to practise the strategies and instructional skills of good teaching will be provided.

Unit code: DP1013L

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 1

Unit discipline: Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Australian Lutheran College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Express a clear understanding of the teaching role of the pastor in the educational ministry of the church

2.

Illustrate an understanding of learning and faith development stages

3.

Demonstrate an array of instructional skills which respond to the realities of the teaching/learning context and which are appropriate to a given situation and the age and experience of the learners

4.

Develop suitable learning outcomes for a specific parish or education context and choose content and structure learning experiences to lead towards these outcomes.

Unit sequence

Relationship to course: A level 1 unit in the BTheol or AdvDipTheolMin

Pedagogy

Inquiry learning leading to the production of the collaborative task

Indicative Bibliography

  • Bartsch, Malcolm I. 2013. A God who speaks and acts: theology for teachers in Lutheran schools. North Adelaide, SA: Lutheran education Australia. [Available online at http://www.lutheran.edu.au/publications-and-policies/printed-publications/a-god-who-speaks-and-acts/]
  • Christenson, Tom. 2004. The gift and task of Lutheran higher education. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress.
  • Everist, Norma Cook, ed. 2007. Christian education as evangelism. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
  • Knight, George. 2006. Philosophy and education: an introduction in Christian perspective. Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press.
  • Marsh, Colin J. 2010. Becoming a teacher: knowledge, skills and issues. 5th ed. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia.
  • Moulds, Russ, ed. 2007. A teacher of the church: theology, formation and practice for the ministry of teaching. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock.
  • Seymour, Jack L., ed. 1997. Mapping Christian education: approaches to congregational learning. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.
  • Vella, Jane. 2002. Learning to listen, learning to teach: the power of dialogue in educating adults. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Portfolio

Portfolio of individual and collaborative evidence of capacity to plan learning experiences and use effective instructional techniques appropriate to the cohort and learning goals. a teaching strategies 3000 words or equivalent

3000 80.0
Essay

Investigation: The teaching role of an LCA congregational pastor 1000 words

1000 20.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 18 Oct, 2018

Unit record last updated: 2019-10-31 14:59:26 +1100