Overview
- Offers a wide range of perspectives and topics on lifelong learning within a Christian framework collated into a single volume
- Addresses a gap in current literature on the practical applicability of Christian values to educational contexts, which extends past traditional learning institutions to other ‘real-world’ professional and non-professional contexts and environments
- Brings together international scholars and practitioners, providing fresh and transformational Christian reflections and perspectives on the place of love in education
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Conceptual Horizons for Christian Education: Theoretical, Theological and Philosophical Perspectives
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Holistic Pedagogical Perspectives: Integrating Spiritual and Practical Approaches
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Inclusive Education and Hospitality: Educational Perspectives on Voice, Agency and Inclusion
Keywords
- 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
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reimagining Christian Education
Book Subtitle: Cultivating Transformative Approaches
Editors: Johannes M. Luetz, Tony Dowden, Beverley Norsworthy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0851-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0850-5Published: 16 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4517-3Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0851-2Published: 04 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 366
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations
Topics: Religion and Education, Christian Theology, Religion and Society, Philosophy of Education, Educational Philosophy, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education