Theology as social activity: theological action research and teaching the knowledge of Christian ethics and practical ministry

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-357
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Christian Formation ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Practical Ministry ◽  
Ministry Students

AbstractTheological Action Research (TAR) is a way of doing and teaching theology and forming students that surmounts the problems associated with both formal theologies and theological ethnographies. Drawing from models of action research developed in other fields, this paper outlines an approach to teaching practical ministry grounded in a collaborative mode of inquiry capable of generating new insights into humanity's relation to God while also engendering the ethical-political powers that give shape to collective life. As a process of what anthropologist Lia Haro calls eth-o-graphy, Christian formation and knowledge production cannot be disconnected from cooperative participation in communities of practice dedicated to this kind of social, ecclesial activity. The paper goes on to describe how the author has begun to implement this TAR model at a Catholic, Jesuit institution, offering some promising preliminary findings on the potential it holds for training ministry students.

Exploring the roots of participatory action research: An interview with Dr Marja-Liisa Swantz

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Nyemba ◽  
Minna Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Insight Into

This article is based on a dialog with Professor Marja-Liisa Swantz, a distinguished participatory action research expert whose work has contributed immensely in the fields of development studies, women's studies, health, and technology internationally. Drawing from her experiences, the conversation provides an insight into how one can grow from a novice researcher to a very distinguished intellectual by staying focused and with a clear grasp of one's aspirations. We also learn from this dialog how participatory action research emerged as the most significant research style that argues in favor of involving participants as research partners in the knowledge production process.

Spiritual Formation and Soul Care in the Department of Christian Formation and Ministry at Wheaton College

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barrett W. McRay ◽  
Laura Barwegen ◽  
Daniel T. Haase ◽  
Muhia Karianjahi ◽  
Mimi L. Larson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Formation ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Christian Formation ◽  
Soul Care ◽  
Wheaton College ◽  
The World ◽  
Evangelical Culture ◽  
Biblical Foundations ◽  
Practical Ministry

This article examines a model of formation within higher education that is committed to educationally based spiritual formation, desiring to see students formed as people who love God and neighbor, devoting their lives to redemptive labor in the world. Deeply influenced by the evolving relationship between the department, the institution, and the broader evangelical culture, the Christian Formation and Ministry department of Wheaton College seeks to equip students with the theological and theoretical foundation, the personal maturity of character and faith, and the practical ministry skills necessary to lead and participate in the formational and caring mission of the church in the world. Wheaton College’s unique approach to teaching spiritual formation and soul care in both their undergraduate and graduate programs is examined through a historical context of the department, a liberal arts and learning-centered approach to education that includes biblical foundations, philosophical framework, pedagogy, and teaching curriculum and assessment.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KOMPETENSI GURU PROFESIONAL BERBASIS PENULISAN ARTIKEL HASIL PTK BAGI GURU ANGGOTA PGRI DI KABUPATEN PURWOREJO

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Suwarno Widodo ◽  
Suyoto . ◽  
Supardi . ◽  
Agus Wismanto
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Mentoring Practices ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Innovative Learning

The purpose of community service activities Ib.M is to provide training and mentoring to teachers in the district Purworedjo PGRI members in order to enhance the professional development of teachers Sustainable pascasertifikasi scientific publications based on the results of PTK . The method used is the method of lecture , discussion , question and answer , the methods of training , assignment , and mentoring . The approach includes five stages are carried out systematically and continuously by stages : 1 ) the first phase , the delivery of material : ( 1 ) Technical Proposal Preparation Class Action Research , (2 ) Technical Report Preparation TOD ; ( 3 ) Techniques of Writing Action Research Results classes and ( 4 ) Rule Tata Write Journal of Advanced Research ; 2 ) the second stage , the preparation of training proposals and reports PTK; drill results TOD article preparation ; 3 ) the third stage , the implementation of TOD mentoring practices in the field , 4 ) The fourth stage , mentoring and supervising the preparation of TOD , and 5 ) the fifth stage , mentoring practices PTK compose articles results ready for publication in research journals . Outcomes generated targets are teachers : 1 ) motivated and willing to develop innovative learning in school through PTK and 2 ) make the results TOD article that is ready to be loaded and Teaching Education Research Journal Educational Insights air- ISSN 2354-5739 Volume 1 Number first issue 1 November 2013 . As a follow up , PGRI Ib.M Purworejo as partners to form a product will follow Journal of Educational Research and Teaching " Educational Insights" which is planned to be published 2 times a year ie May and November. Keywords: action research, scientific publications, articles ?é?á

The Scholarship of Knowledge in the Modernised University

2014 ◽  
pp. 218-234
Author(s):  
Gregory Heath
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Charles Sanders Peirce ◽  
Production Mode ◽  
American Pragmatism ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Mode 2 ◽  
Traditional Discipline ◽  
Mode 2 Knowledge Production

This chapter investigates how the modernised university might be transformed by the wider adoption of Mode-2 knowledge production. Mode-2 knowledge production, production of dispersed, team-based knowledge, as distinct from the traditional discipline-based Mode-1 knowledge production, was first identified and discussed by Gibbons et al. in 1994. Since then, the terminology has found its way into more general discourse about research and teaching and learning, but in that discourse, Mode-2 knowledge production has struggled to find the legitimacy and acceptance accorded to Mode-1. This is in spite of the fact that knowledge today is most often produced in collaboration, is transmitted in multi-mediated modalities, and utilised in transformative ways very often not envisioned by the generators of that knowledge. It is argued that the reason for the lack of acceptance lies in the fact that a supporting epistemology for Mode-2 knowledge has not, to date, been adequately developed. Thus, the chapter proposes that an epistemology based in philosophical or “American” pragmatism founded by Charles Sanders Peirce can be adopted to provide an articulated and well-grounded epistemology to support Mode-2 as a legitimate form of knowledge production.

scholarly journals Datastructuring—Organizing and curating digital traces into action

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 205395171879911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikkel Flyverbom ◽  
John Murray
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Material Forces ◽  
Social Ordering ◽  
Data Sorting ◽  
Digital Spaces

Digital transformations and processes of “datafication” fundamentally reshape how information is produced, circulated and given meaning. In this article, we provide a concept of “datastructuring” which seeks to capture this reshaping as both a product of and productive of social activity. To do this we focus on (1) how new forms of social action map onto and are enabled by technological changes related to datafication, and (2) how new forms of datafied social action constitute a form of knowledge production which becomes embedded in technologies themselves. We illustrate the potential of the datastructuring concept with empirical examples which also serve to highlight some new avenues for research and some empirical questions to explore further. We suggest a focus on datastructuring can ignite scholarly debates across disciplines that may share an interest in the technological configurations, sorting activities, and other socio-material forces that shape digital spaces, but which are rarely brought together. Such cross-disciplinary conceptualizations may give more attention to how information is structured and organized, becomes “algorithmically recognizable”, and emerges as (in)visible in digital, datafied spaces. Such a concept, we suggest, may help us better understand the novel ways in which “backstage datawork” and “data sorting processes” gain traction in political interventions, commercial processes, and social ordering.

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