Module Descriptors
RELATIONAL DYNAMICS IN YOUTH WORK AND MINISTRY
OASS60263
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
30 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 30
Independent Study Hours: 270
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
- PRESENTATION - INDIVIDUAL weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
150 hours, of which 30 will involve group discussion of learning materials, student reflection on personal experiences of relationship dynamics, student led seminars and student reading in the subject. The rest will be independent study.
Module Indicative Content
The aim of this module is to explore selected relational issues in Christian youth work and ministry, employing interrelated insights from the fields of emotional literacy and systematic theology. It deepens psychological understanding by exploring current developments in brain science and growing recognition of the significance of the emotions in the educational field. It deepens theological understanding by exploring the current debate concerning divine impassibility, and explores the implications for theological anthropology. Key aspects of relational dynamics, such as self-esteem, friendship, love, anger, conflict, oppressive behaviour, mediation, and forgiveness, are explored from psychological and theological perspectives, with attention to students? own experiences. Students reflect on how they may develop their own emotional literacy as well as that amongst young people, both in church contexts and in wider society.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1 x 2 hour unseen examination (50%) [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3]
1 x 3000 word presentation of a strategy to develop the emotional literacy of young people with whom the student works, with reference to theological, psychological and sociological considerations (50%) [Learning outcomes 2, 4]
1 x 3000 word presentation of a strategy to develop the emotional literacy of young people with whom the student works, with reference to theological, psychological and sociological considerations (50%) [Learning outcomes 2, 4]
Module Resources
The on-site library and internet access to Staffordshire University Library
PCs providing access to e-mail, the internet, word processing, etc.
Rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work.
PCs providing access to e-mail, the internet, word processing, etc.
Rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work.
Module Texts
Richard Bauckham (April 1984), Only the suffering God can help: divine passibility in
modern theology, Themelios 9/3, 6-12.
David Crump, (2006), Feeling Like God: A Spiritual Journey to Emotional Wholeness, Toronto, Ontario: Clements.
Daniel Goleman (1996), Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ, London:
Bloomsbury.
Peter Scazzero (2003), The Emotionally Healthy Church: A Strategy for Discipleship that
Actually Changes Lives, Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
modern theology, Themelios 9/3, 6-12.
David Crump, (2006), Feeling Like God: A Spiritual Journey to Emotional Wholeness, Toronto, Ontario: Clements.
Daniel Goleman (1996), Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ, London:
Bloomsbury.
Peter Scazzero (2003), The Emotionally Healthy Church: A Strategy for Discipleship that
Actually Changes Lives, Grand Rapids: Zondervan.