On-site library and internet access to Staffordshire University Library PCs with standard suite of University software providing access to e-mail, the internet, word processing, etc. Rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work

300 hours, of which 40 will be lectures, tutorials and learning groups, a minimum of 80 fieldwork hours, and the rest directed/independent study. Lectures will involve a range of interactive teaching methods.

Key Information Set Data:
13% scheduled learning and teaching activities
60% guided independent learning
27% placement (fieldwork hours)

This module introduces students to a variety of understandings and practices of community education and adult learning, with particular attention to andragogy and liturgical learning. It aims to develop knowledge of the informal / formal education continuum and the factors that contribute to this continuum. It introduces students to learning styles and communication theory. Students investigate strategies for curriculum design, and for the planning and delivery of learning opportunities.
The module contributes to work at the interface between church and community by critical exploration of theologies of hospitality and the common good. Questions of contemporary spirituality are addressed in relation to the Christian tradition. Several approaches to addressing the contemporary eclipse of church learning are explored and assessed.

1. Essay concerning educational approaches in churches and communities
(Learning Outcomes 1, 4, 5)
2. Professional Journal Entry related to an aspect of community education and adult learning. (Learning Outcome 1, 2, 3)
3. Field Work Report related to an aspect of professional competency that provides evidence against a national occupational standard or equivalent

Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework

Bretherton, L. (2010), Christianity and Contemporary Politics, Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell.
Estep, J. & K. (2012), Mapping out Curriculum in your Church, Nashville: Broadman and Holman.
Foster, Charles R. (1994) Educating Congregations: The Future of Christian Education, Nashville, Abingdon.
Freire, P. (1996), Pedagogy of the Oppressed. 2nd Revised Edition. London: Penguin.
Jeffs, T. & Smith, M. (2005), Informal education: conversation, democracy and learning, Derby: Education Heretics Press.
Kuhn, K. A. (2008), Having Words with God: The Bible as Conversation, Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress.
Richardson, L.R. & Wolfe, M. (eds) (2001), Principles and Practices of informal Education, London: Routledge Falmer.
Smith, James K. A. (2009), Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview and Cultural Formation, Grand Rapids, Baker Academic.
Thomson, J. H. (2003), Preaching as Dialogue: Is the Sermon a Sacred Cow? Nottingham, Grove Books.