Supervised Theological Field Education (DP8906T)

Postgraduate, 24.0 points

Content

Supervised Theological Field Education Unit

A planned programme of activities within a supervised minstry context in which the practice of ministry generates the development of ministry competencies together with spiritual, personal and vocational identity, and critical and reflective analysis. Professional ministry standards including safeguarding underpin this unit.

Unit code: DP8906T

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational

Unit discipline: Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies

Delivery Mode: Practicum

Proposing College: Trinity College Theological School

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Learning outcomes

1.

Demonstrate competencies in ministry practice in the field placement ministry context
2.

Reflect critically on the value of the placement for spiritual and personal identity, wellbeing, and vocational development
3.

Reflect critically on ministry practice and context, including an integrated understanding of Child Safeguarding and Professional Ministry Standards
4.

Document evidence about self-awareness and learning which have arisen within the placement
5.

Integrate wider theological reading into theological reflection on their ministry placement and its context
6.

Reflect upon ministry in relationship with others whose faith perspective differs from one’s own.

Unit sequence

This unit must not be undertaken as a sole first unit of study. The student must ordinarily be an accredited candidate for ministry Completion of at least one unit of theological study, or concurrent enrolment in at least one unit of theological study. Students will have undertaken a learning module on the unversity’s Code of Conduct, and satisfied the training criteria for safe ministry required by their denomination before commencement of this module.

Pedagogy

Students undertake a field placement in a ministry setting. Students negotiate and evaluate the field placement through a Supervised Theological Field Education Coordinator. The Coordinator will facilitate orientation and end of placement review seminars, and individual meetings with students throughout the placement. While on placement students attend regular meetings with an accredited Placement Supervisor and with a field committee as appropriate and engage in a peer group process for theological reflection.

Indicative Bibliography

  • Brown, Rosalind. Being a Deacon Today : Exploring a Distinctive Ministry in the Church and in the World. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2005.
  • Cottrell, Stephen. On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels, and Stewards. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2020.
  • Graham, Elaine L, Heather Walton, Frances Ward, and Katja Stuerzenhofecker. Theological Reflection : Methods. Second ed. London: SCM Press, 2019.
  • Hoyle, David. The Pattern of Our Calling. London: SCM Press, 2016.
  • Lassiter, Katharine Eleanor. Recognizing Other Subjects : Feminist Pastoral Theology and the Challenge of Identity. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock, 2015.
  • Lynch, Gordon. Pastoral Care & Counselling. Ethics in Practice Series. London: SAGE Publications, 2002.
  • Maynard, Jane Frances, Leonard M Hummel, and Mary Clark Moschella. Pastoral Bearings : Lived Religion and Pastoral Theology. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010.
  • Purves, Andrew. Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition. 1st ed. Louisville KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.
  • Whipp, Margaret. Scm Studyguide Pastoral Theology. London, England: SCM Press, 2013.
  • Willows, David, and John Swinton. Spiritual Dimensions of Pastoral Care : Practical Theology in a Multidisciplinary Context. London: J. Kingsley, 2000.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Journal - Reflective Journal

Reflective Journal (Minimum of 6 entries)

 2500 50.0
Critical Review - Analytic Summary 2500 50.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Maggie Kappelhoff on 9 Oct, 2020

Unit record last updated: 2020-10-30 15:00:02 +1100