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APT399: Professional Practice Skills
| Module Title | Professional Practice Skills |
|---|---|
| Module Code | APT399 |
| Module Tutor | |
| School | Humanities |
| CAT Points | 30 |
| Level of Study | 6 |
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Co-requisites | None |
| Restrictions | None |
| Brief Description | This module requires the student to undertake a period of ministerial experience which will be (in most cases) their normal area of ministry. The student will develop a learning agreement in consultation with the Module Tutor and any senior minister they are responsible to, which will clarify the professional skills and knowledge that the student is expected to develop though the ministerial experience, within the parameters identified below (Content Summary). Each agreement will specify the learning support required and the time expected to completion (which will be between two and three years). |
| Indicative Syllabus | This module requires the student and Module Tutor to draw up a learning agreement in the light of the student’s ministerial situation to clarify the specific skills and knowledge that are to be acquired during the ministerial experience and subsequently. These will be drawn from the following areas (but will in any case include experience of a range of pastoral situations, communication, and the leading of worship): • The mapping of the parish/ministerial setting and comparison of congregation with local social indicators • Pastoral visiting • Ministry to the dying and care of the bereaved • Rites of passage: baptism/dedication, marriage, funerals • Developing appropriate liturgy • Adult education • Understanding organisations and change • Hospital ministry • The role of the child in church • Ministry in schools • Evangelism • Implicit religion • Ministry outside of the congregation • Knowledge transfer from previous or current careers or employment This list is neither exclusive nor prescriptive: differing ministerial situations will offer opportunities for differing areas of learning. The church or other ministerial organisation that the student ministers in will be asked to prepare a statement on the student's performance, and this will be taken into consideration by the Module Tutor in assessing the outcome of the student's experience. |
| Learning Outcomes | i. Knowledge and Understanding On successful completion of this module the will should be able to demonstrate an understanding of: a) theological issues in pastoral practice, including pastoral visiting, ministry to the sick, dying and bereaved, Christian rites of passage; b) ministerial setting in relation to social indicators; c) theology and practice of liturgy; d) the application of knowledge from previous or current careers or employment; e) other specific issues as identified in the learning agreement ii. Skills |
| Learning and Teaching Activities | 300 hours 75% Pastoral practice 20% preparation of materials for assessment 5% tutorial support and development of the learning agreement. The time allowed for the fulfilment of the module requirements is a minimum of two years, in order to allow the practicing minister to encounter a sufficient breadth of pastoral and ministerial situations for the purpose |
| Assessment (For further details see the Module Guide) | 001: 100% Coursework: Standard: 8000 words or equivalent |
| Special Assessment Requirements | None |
| Indicative Resources | The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide. |
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