Professional Development in Chaplaincy 2 (DE8073L)

Postgraduate, 6.0 points

Content

Students will participate in a minimum of six hours of synchronous professional development in the area of chaplaincy. 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 ministry context, including reflecting on its implications for their personal practice and/or the collective practices of the site.

Unit code: DE8073L

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 6.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational

Unit discipline: Education Studies

Proposing College: Australian Lutheran College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Critique the theoretical component of the professional development activity
2.

Analyse and integrate the learnings from the professional development activity with policy or practice in a defined local setting

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

  • Baker, Alan T. Foundations of Chaplaincy: A Practical Guide. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. Available as an ebook through the UD library hub or the ALC library
  • Cadge, Wendy, and Shelly Rambo, eds. Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Available as an ebook through the UD library hub or the ALC library
  • Caperon, John. A Christian Theology of Chaplaincy. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018.
  • Norman, James O'Higgins, ed. Education Matters: Readings in Pastoral Care for School Chaplains, Guidance Counsellors and Teachers. Dublin: Veritas Publications, 2014.
  • O'Malley SDB, David. School Ethos and Chaplaincy: A Handbook. Bolton: Don Bosco Publications, 2019.
  • Pattison, Stephen. Chaplaincy and the Soul of Health and Social Care: Fostering Spiritual Wellbeing in Emerging Paradigms of Care. Edited by Ewan Kelly and John Swinton. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020. Available as an ebook through the UD library hub or the ALC library
  • Pohlmann, David. School Chaplaincy: An Introduction. Preston, VIC: Mosaic Press, 2013.
  • Roberts, Stephen. Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook. Woodstock, VT: SkyLight Paths Pub, 2012.
  • Swift, Christopher, Mark Cobb, and Andrew Todd, eds. A Handbook of Chaplaincy Studies: Understanding Spiritual Care in Public Places. London: Routledge, 2016.
  • Threlfall-Holmes, Miranda, and Mark Newitt, eds. Being a Chaplain. London: SPCK, 2011.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Report

An application of the professional development material to the workplace which contains evidence of wider reading and evaluation of the material as well as a suitable application in the local context.

 1750 100.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 29 Aug, 2025

Unit record last updated: 2025-08-29 11:42:27 +1000