Reimagining Christian Education

1. Front Matter

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2. Conceptual Horizons for Christian Education: Theoretical, Theological and Philosophical Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Learning and Loves Envisaged Through the Lens of James K. A. Smith: Reimagining Christian Education Today

      • Beverley Norsworthy, Tony Dowden, Johannes M. Luetz

      Pages 3-15

   3. God’s Curriculum: Reimagining Education as a Journey Towards Shalom

      • David M. Benson

      Pages 17-38

   4. The Trinity, Love and Higher Education: Recovering Communities of Enchanted Learning

      • Ryan Messmore

      Pages 39-50

   5. Christian Theological, Hermeneutical and Eschatological Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability and Creation Care—The Role of Holistic Education

      • Johannes M. Luetz, Graham Buxton, Kurt Bangert

      Pages 51-73

   6. Reimagining Christian Schools as Revelatory Communities

      • Craig B. Murison, David M. Benson

      Pages 75-88

3. Holistic Pedagogical Perspectives: Integrating Spiritual and Practical Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Transformative Learning: Insights from First Year Students’ Experience

      • Beverley Norsworthy

      Pages 91-101

   3. Teaching Counselling from a Christian Worldview: Why and How Do We Do This?

      • Barbara Bulkeley

      Pages 103-110

   4. Modelling Our Teaching on the Jesus of the Gospels

      • Irene Alexander

      Pages 111-121

   5. Teaching as Relationship

      • Ann Crawford

      Pages 123-134

   6. Making Sense of the World: Reimagining Bible Engagement in Christian Education with Teenagers in Light of Maxine Greene’s Aesthetic Pedagogy

      • Graham D. Stanton

      Pages 135-143

   7. The Wesleyan Quadrilateral as an Aid to Formation in Tertiary Education

      • Sam Hey

      Pages 145-161

   8. Reimagining Reflective Practice as Lifelong Learning for Professional Development Within Christian Ministry

      • Graham James O’Brien

      Pages 163-174

   9. Measured Reflection to Assist in Dealing with Conflict: Can an Educative Approach Improve Reflection and Cultivate a Healthier Classroom Community?

      • Debra Ayling

      Pages 175-196

   10. Narrative Possibilities and Potential for Understanding a Twenty-First Century Christian Spiritual Journey

       • K. Rhonda Ransford, Ann Crawford

       Pages 197-206

4. Inclusive Education and Hospitality: Educational Perspectives on Voice, Agency and Inclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. You are Welcome: Hospitality Encounters in Teaching

      • Kaye Chalwell

      Pages 209-232

   3. Personalized Learning and Teaching Approaches to Meet Diverse Needs: A Prototype Tertiary Education Program

      • Karenne Hills, Kirsty Andersen, Samuel Davidson

      Pages 233-257

This book is an arresting interdisciplinary publication on Christian education, comprising works by leading scholars, professionals and practitioners from around the globe. It focuses on the integrated approaches to Christian education that are both theoretically sound and practically beneficial, and identifies innovative pedagogical methods and tools that have been field-tested and practice-approved.
 
It discusses topics such as exploring programmes and courses through different lenses; learning challenges and opportunities within organisational management; theology of business; Christian models of teaching in different contexts; job preparedness; developing different interpretive or meaning-making frameworks for working with social justice, people with disability, non-profit community organisations and in developing country contexts.
 
It offers graduate students, teachers, school administrators, organisational leaders, theologians, researchers and education practitioners a fresh and inspiring reimagining of Christian education perspectives and practices and the ramifications of their application to life-long learning.

• religious education
• christian holistic teaching
• christian education and human flourishing
• christian social justice
• christian theology, ministry and pedagogy of education
• business, education and christian worldview
• christian higher education
• visual research methods
• sociocultural change
• transformative learning
• wholeness, self-care and inclusivity in education

• CHC Higher Education, Brisbane, Australia

  Johannes M. Luetz

• University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Central, Australia

  Tony Dowden

• Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, Tauranga, New Zealand

  Beverley Norsworthy

Dr Johannes M. Luetz (PhD, MBA, BA) is Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Coordinator and Research Chair at CHC Higher Education in Brisbane, Australia, and Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, where he also earned his PhD in Environmental Policy and Management. He has worked with World Vision on research projects raising awareness of the effects of climate change on poor communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and the need to meaningfully address vulnerabilities through praxis-informed education approaches. His research awards include the categories Best Thesis (2006), Aspire (2012), and Best Paper (2017).
 
Dr Tony Dowden (EdD, MEd, BSc, BA, GradCertUniL&T, DipTchg) is Senior Lecturer of Curriculum and Pedagogy (Junior Secondary) at the University of Southern Queensland in Ipswich, Australia. He lectures on junior secondary education topics and has an active research program on the middle years of schooling, especially in relation to curriculum design. He has 60 publications and over 300 citations to his name. He completed his doctorate at Massey University in New Zealand and, in 2007, he was the recipient of the Sutton-Smith Doctoral Award for excellence in a doctoral thesis in education bestowed by the New Zealand Association of Educational Research.
 
Dr Beverley Norsworthy (PhD, PGDipEd(Adult Ed), MEd(Hons), BEd, DipTchg) is Head of Teaching and Learning at Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, Tauranga, Aotearoa New Zealand. She coordinates, teaches and supervises within the Master of Professional Practice programme. She has leadership experience in Christian Initial Teacher Education and Schooling across Australasia. Her current areas of teaching and research include pedagogies for transformative education and people flourishing, reflective practice and visual research methods. She has examined masters and doctoral theses for universities in NZ and Australia and is a regular reviewer for international journals.

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