My pilgrimage in Adult Theological Education
After 20 years of working in Adult Theological Education (ATE) this article has offered me the opportunity to look back and to reflect on my pilgrimage. I explore the influence of my training in and experience of teaching English as a Foreign Language on my subsequent career in ATE, highlighting ped...
| Published in: | Practical theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2021
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| In: |
Practical theology
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality RF Christian education; catechetics ZF Education |
| Further subjects: | B
Andragogy
B Distance learning B Theological Reflection B Faith authorities |
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| Summary: | After 20 years of working in Adult Theological Education (ATE) this article has offered me the opportunity to look back and to reflect on my pilgrimage. I explore the influence of my training in and experience of teaching English as a Foreign Language on my subsequent career in ATE, highlighting pedagogical similarities between this and paper-based and online distance learning. Much of my career has been impacted by questions on, and about, faith, and I examine these through the lens of my MSc and PhD research together with a consideration of the challenges faced by theological colleges where ordinands and independent students study alongside each other but whose intellectual and faith requirements may be quite different. Finally, I look at the role of theological reflection as an important component of the process of becoming and being more ‘Christian’, more Christ-like. As my formal academic career in ATE moves into retirement, I join the two ends of the circle by becoming an Academic English Coach, able to bring together English Language teaching, theology and my academic experience in a new way which offers new possibilities for the future. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-0748 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2021.1951489 |