Unbounding learning communities: Ako-empowered research in life-long ministerial formation
While formation is an essential practice of local church communities, the formation of ministers for ordination, along with continued professional education, is generally located in the context of higher education. ‘Ako’, describing a teaching and learning relationship grounded in reciprocity, and e...
| Pubblicato in: | Practical theology |
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| Autori: | ; |
| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2020]
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| In: |
Practical theology
Anno: 2020, Volume: 13, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 400-412 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | FB Formazione teologica universitaria KBS Australia KDD Chiesa evangelica RB Carica ecclesiastica |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Theological Education
B communities of practice B Ako B Irenaeus B life-long learning B Formation |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Riepilogo: | While formation is an essential practice of local church communities, the formation of ministers for ordination, along with continued professional education, is generally located in the context of higher education. ‘Ako’, describing a teaching and learning relationship grounded in reciprocity, and employed as an approach to researching life-long learning needs among ordained ministers in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, challenged this separation. Research among 285 lay and ordained leaders challenged the location of postgraduate provision, not in the context of higher education but in communities of practices for living differently, with a focus on educating educators in relationally embodied ways. Educational experiments clarified ways of unbounding learning for local communities. The life of Jesus and Irenaeus’ theological anthropology of recapitulation clarified these praxis-derived discoveries. Hence theology informs an understanding of ako as reciprocity and invites a reimagining of theological colleges as facilitators of unbounded local learning communities. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-0748 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2020.1787005 |