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Reimagining Christian education : cultivating transformative approaches / Johannes M. Luetz, Tony Dowden, Beverley Norsworthy, editors.

Contributor(s): Luetz, Johannes M [editor.] | Dowden, Tony, 1960- [editor.] | Norsworthy, Beverley [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : Springer, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9811308500; 9789811308505Subject(s): Education -- Philosophy | Christian educationDDC classification: 268 LOC classification: BV1471.3 | .R45 2018Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Learning and loves envisaged through the lens of James K. A. Smith: Reimagining Christian education today / Beverley Norsworthy, Tony Dowdon and Johannes M. Luetz -- God's curriculum: Reimagining education as a journey towards shalom / David M. Benson -- The Trinity, love, and higher education: Recovering communities of enchanted learning / Ryan Messmore -- Christian theological, hermeneutical and eschatological perspectives on environmental sustainability and creation care - the role of holistic education / Johannes M. Luetz, Graham Buxton and Kurt Bangert -- Reimagining Christian schools as revelatory communities / Craig B. Murison and David M. Benson.
Transformative learning: Insights from first year students' experience / Beverly Norsworthy -- Teaching counseling from a Christian worldview: Why and how do we do this? / Barbara Bulkely -- Modeling our teaching on Jesus of the gospels / Irene Alexander -- Teaching as relationship / Ann Crawford -- Making sense of the world: Reimagining Bible engagement in Christian education with teenagers in light of Maxine Greene's aesthetic pedagogy / Graham D. Stanton -- The Wesleyan quadrilateral as an aid to formation in tertiary education / Sam Hey -- Reimagining reflective practice as lifelong learning for professional development within Christian ministry / Graham James O'Brien -- Measured reflection to assist in dealing with conflict: Can an educative approach improve reflection and cultivate a healthier classroom community? / Debra Ayling -- Narrative possibilities and potential for understanding a twenty-first century Christian spiritual journey / K. Rhonda Ransford and Ann Crawford.
You are welcome: Hospitality encounters in teaching / Kaye Chalwell -- Personalized learning and teaching approaches to meet diverse needs: A prototype tertiary education program / Karenne Hills, Kirsty Andersen and Samuel Davidson -- Using appreciative inquiry and multimodal texts as transformative tools within a Christ-following, missional, learning community / James Arkwright and Clement Chihota.
Investing in Australian youth: Nurturing values integrated through action-based learning / Hope, faith and love: Engaging the heart in the world of business / Julian Jenkins -- The 5P model of missional business: Background and description / Rod St Hill -- Reimagining Christian formation in online theological education / Diane Hockridge.
Teaching history for a moral purpose: Wilberforce as an evangelical hero / Mark Stephens -- Songs of orientation: Cultural liturgies, the history classroom and the 'Winter Christian' of discontent / Richard Leo.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Conceptual horizons for Christian education: theoretical, theological and philosophical perspectives. Learning and loves envisaged through the lens of James K. A. Smith: Reimagining Christian education today / Beverley Norsworthy, Tony Dowdon and Johannes M. Luetz -- God's curriculum: Reimagining education as a journey towards shalom / David M. Benson -- The Trinity, love, and higher education: Recovering communities of enchanted learning / Ryan Messmore -- Christian theological, hermeneutical and eschatological perspectives on environmental sustainability and creation care - the role of holistic education / Johannes M. Luetz, Graham Buxton and Kurt Bangert -- Reimagining Christian schools as revelatory communities / Craig B. Murison and David M. Benson.

Part II. Holistic pedagogical perspectives: Integrating spiritual and practical approaches. Transformative learning: Insights from first year students' experience / Beverly Norsworthy -- Teaching counseling from a Christian worldview: Why and how do we do this? / Barbara Bulkely -- Modeling our teaching on Jesus of the gospels / Irene Alexander -- Teaching as relationship / Ann Crawford -- Making sense of the world: Reimagining Bible engagement in Christian education with teenagers in light of Maxine Greene's aesthetic pedagogy / Graham D. Stanton -- The Wesleyan quadrilateral as an aid to formation in tertiary education / Sam Hey -- Reimagining reflective practice as lifelong learning for professional development within Christian ministry / Graham James O'Brien -- Measured reflection to assist in dealing with conflict: Can an educative approach improve reflection and cultivate a healthier classroom community? / Debra Ayling -- Narrative possibilities and potential for understanding a twenty-first century Christian spiritual journey / K. Rhonda Ransford and Ann Crawford.

Part III. Inclusive education and hospitality: Educational perspectives on voice, agency and inclusion. You are welcome: Hospitality encounters in teaching / Kaye Chalwell -- Personalized learning and teaching approaches to meet diverse needs: A prototype tertiary education program / Karenne Hills, Kirsty Andersen and Samuel Davidson -- Using appreciative inquiry and multimodal texts as transformative tools within a Christ-following, missional, learning community / James Arkwright and Clement Chihota.

Part IV. Contemporary Trends in learning, business and technology: Proactively engagin socio-cultural realities. Investing in Australian youth: Nurturing values integrated through action-based learning / Hope, faith and love: Engaging the heart in the world of business / Julian Jenkins -- The 5P model of missional business: Background and description / Rod St Hill -- Reimagining Christian formation in online theological education / Diane Hockridge.

Part V. Promoting reconciliation in a changing world: Social justice, environmental, historical, and global perspectives in education. Teaching history for a moral purpose: Wilberforce as an evangelical hero / Mark Stephens -- Songs of orientation: Cultural liturgies, the history classroom and the 'Winter Christian' of discontent / Richard Leo.

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