Professional Development 1 (DE8069L)

Content

Students will participate in a minimum of six hours of synchronous professional development in an area which is relevant to their vocation. They will evaluate the content of the professional development activity in light of relevant scholarship and identify the ways in which it is applicable to their workplace or ministry context, including reflecting on its implications for their personal practice and/or the collective practices of the site.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Course relationship: A level 8 unit in postgraduate theology, ministry and education courses

Pedagogy

This unit uses synchronous engagement in professional development as a springboard to reflective practice in the workplace.

Indicative Bibliography

• Beard, Colin, and John P. Wilson. Experiential Learning: A Handbook for Education, Training and Coaching. 3rd ed. London, UK: Kogan Page Publishers, 2013.
• Best, Joel. Is That True? : Critical Thinking for Sociologists. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520381414.
• Campbell, Anne, Peter Gilroy, and Olwen McNamara. Practitioner Research and Professional Development in Education. London: Paul Chapman, 2004. http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781412931571.
• Campbell-Reed, Eileen R. Pastoral Imagination : Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2021. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2813924.
• Darling-Hammond, Linda, Marjorie Wechsler, Stephanie Levin, Melanie Leung-Gagné, Steven Tozer, and Ayana Kee Campoli. Developing Expert Principals : Professional Learning That Matters. Abingdon, England: Routledge, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003380450.
• Hunt, Cheryl. Critical Reflection, Spirituality and Professional Practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66591-3.
• Oakley, Justin, and Dean Cocking. Virtue Ethics and Professional Roles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511487118.
• Nilsson, Kerstin. Designing Sustainable Working Lives and Environments : Work, Health and Leadership in Theory and Practice. First edition. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781032616681.
• Thompson, Sue, and Neil Thompson. The Critically Reflective Practitioner. 3rd ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023. https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=7142538.
• Schoeller, Donata. Practicing Embodied Thinking in Research and Learning. [S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003397939.https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781836243137.

Assessment