Caring and Teaching in the Church and Community

UFT Code: 
DP/DRE116
Unit Credit Points: 
15
Timetabling
Semester: 
Intensive
Lecturer Profile: 
Randall Prior
Location: 
CTM
Years Offered: 
2010
Notes: 

9.30am-4.30pm February 1-5 and 8-11

This unit is an introduction to both the principles and practice of caring and teaching in the ministry of the Church. 

Description
Learning Outcomes: 

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will:

  1. Have been exposed to an engaging experience of learning and caring in the community of participants, involving personal growth
  2. Have an understanding of the theoretical framework for the tasks of pastoral and educational ministry and be able to articulate this
  3. Have learned practical skills in pastoral care, learning and teaching, and to be able to put them into practice
  4. Know something of the challenging contemporary context in which caring and teaching is to be exercised. 
Assessment: 
  • 1 x 1000 word book report       40%
  • 1 x group project                     60%
  • (= 1 x 2000 word paper + class presentation)

  

Mode of Teaching: 
Intensive
Bibliography: 
Set Texts

 

  • Griffin, G. M. Coming to Care. Melbourne: UCA Theological Hall, 1995.
  • Palmer, P. J. The Courage to Teach. San Francisco: Jossey/Bass, 1998.
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Bibliography

  • Clebsch W. A. & Jaekle C. R. Pastoral care in historical perspective. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1964.
  • Clinebell, H. Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counselling. London: SCM, 1984.
  • Gerkin, C. An introduction to pastoral care. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997.
  • Griffin, G. M. Coming to Care. Melbourne: UCA Theological Hall, 1995.
  • Hunsinger, D. van Deusen. Theology and Pastoral Counselling: A new interdisciplinary approach. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
  • Kornfeld, M. A Guide to care and counselling in faith communities. New York: Continuum, 2000.
  • Lester, A. D. Hope in pastoral care and counselling. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.
  • Palmer, P. J. The Courage to Teach. San Francisco: Jossey/Bass, 1998.
  • Vella, J. Learning to listen, learning to teach: the power of dialogue in educating adults. Rev. ed. San Francisco: Jossey/Bass, 2002.
 

 

Unit Fields
Course: 
Bachelor of Theology
BTheol Field: 
Field D Theology: Mission and Ministry
BTheol Discipline: 
Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies
RTI: 
United Faculty of Theology
Department Name: 
Department of Moral and Practical Theology
Unit Level
Undergraduate Level: 
1
MTS: 
No
Postgraduate: 
No

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