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R14 Educators and Communicators Weekend

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Educators and Communicators Weekend

What is this Weekend all about?
Useful resources for Educators and Communicators
The Student Spot
R14 Programme

Resources Addition Form
Contributions to this page

Welcome to the R14 Educators and Communicators Weekend web page. This page is designed to provide useful resources relating to the sessions covered in R14 with WEMTC. If you have found useful resources or have questions you would like ask, please do contribute.

What is this Weekend all about?

This weekend considers communication within the church, particularly as a tool for enhancing Christian growth. The Principles of Adult Education Theory are introduced and assessed. Communication with the wider world is considered through the lens of the secular media.

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Useful resources for R14

Books

The following are core books for this weekend:

Astley J The Philosophy of Christian Religious Education REP 1994
Coomes, A. & Radford, A. How to Promote Your Church, Church House Publishing, London, 1994
Church of England Tomorrow is another Country: Education in a Post-modern World London CHP
Craig Y Learning for Life London Mowbray 1994
Hull J What Prevents Christian Adults from Learning London, SCM 1985
Thomas, R. An Introduction to Church Communications Lynx, UK, 1994

For more detailed bibliographies see our Educators and Communicators Booklists.
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R14 Educators and Communicators Web Resources

You may find the following web sites helpful for discovering more about education and communication. Material on the net has no quality control making tutors very wary - and rightly so! Nevertheless there is a growing amount of first class work on line. Treat with care and you'll find it very useful.

The Internet is not 100% reliable and documents move, disappear and change their names. If you find a link does not work, try again in an hour, a day, or a week. But do feel free to email us to report a link doesn't work. Don't forget to tell us the name of the link!

Church Magazines

Writing Articles by Writerseyes: A forum for sharing articles and suggestions for church magazines
Association for Church Editors: An Association for Church editors and others involved in the production and publication of local church magazines and newsletters. The aim and objective of our Association is to foster the highest standards of editorial communication between churches and their immediate communities

Sorry I haven't had time to find other resources yet See the general religion links as a starting point for your own searching

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The Student Spot

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A sample R14 Educators and Communicators Weekend Programme

Please note that programmes are constantly being revised and the actual content of your weekend may look rather different.

Preparation

There will be preparation for this weekend.

Programme

Friday
6:30 Arrive
7:00 Dinner
8:00 Session 1
9:15 Night Prayer

Saturday
8:00 Worship
8:30 Breakfast
9:15 Session 2
14:45 Coffee
11:15 Session 3
1:00 Lunch
2:30 Session 4
4:00 Tea
4:15 Session 5
5:45 Break
6:00 Worship
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Free

Sunday
8:30 Breakfast
9:15 WEMTC Notices
9:30 Epistles
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Eucharist
1:00 Lunch

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Contribution to this Page

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The Full Module Description for R14 Educators and Communicators

Code and title

R14 Educators and Communicators Weekend

Brief description

Level and Credits

Contributes to F101 Ministerial Formation

Status

Core for Ordinands

Type

Standard

Prerequisites

Restrictions

Open to Ordinands only

Content summary

This weekend will cover:

Current principles and models of Adult Education and a critical analysis of their relationships to the goals of Adult Christian Growth
Preparing Bible Studies in the light of these discussions
Ways of communicating Christianity through the secular media and the lessons that can be learnt from the media for communication and education in the Church
Oral and written communications within the church (Notices, Church Magazines etc.)

Learning outcomes

By the end of this weekend students should:

a) Knowledge and Understanding

Have a better understanding of good and bad practice in church communications
Understand various models of Adult and life-long learning and their underlying principles and rationale
Have a better understanding of the different ways adults learn and what hinders learning
Understand various models of Christian education and have theologically assessed them.

b) Skills

Be able to prepare and deliver a Christian learning event and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses
Have begun to develop their own theology of Christian education and be able to match their goals to appropriate learning methods
Have examined and understood their own preferred learning styles and what they may need to do to create learning experiences accessible to all adults.

Teaching and learning

14 hours
7 hours class contact
3 hours personal study (prior reading, self reflection, discussion in Formation Groups and with Tutor)

Assessment

A self-reflection exercise in prescribed format

Indicative resources

Astley J The Philosophy of Christian Religious Education REP 1994
Coomes, A. & Radford, A. How to Promote Your Church, Church House Publishing, London, 1994
Church of England Tomorrow is another Country: Education in a Post-modern World London CHP
Craig Y Learning for Life London Mowbray 1994
Hull J What Prevents Christian Adults from Learning London, SCM 1985
Thomas, R. An Introduction to Church Communications Lynx, UK, 1994

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