Download or read book Adult Religious Education as Transformative Learning written by Dr. Detra Bishop and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between participation in adult religious education and coping resources used by African-American women and to determine if there was a relationship between stressful life events, certain demographic variables, and the use of coping resources. A total of 126 women from Protestant churches in southeast Mississippi were surveyed using the Religious Participation Assessment (RPA), the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), the Coping Resources Inventory (CRI), and the Ways of Religious Coping Scale (WORCS). Five women participated in a follow-up interview. Pearson correlation analyses indicated positive linear relationships between RPA and CRI and RPA and WORCS; coping scores increased in proportion to level of participation in religious activities. Multiple regression analyses exploring the relationship between the experience of stressful life events, the use of coping resources, and demographic variables revealed only one statistically significant finding: stressful events decreased as age increased. Results from qualitative data collected from interviews revealed that church involvement, reading the Bible, and prayer all played a major role in transforming and sustaining these women’s lives following a disorienting dilemma. In conclusion, the results from this study suggest that participation in adult religious education is a significant coping strategy for African-American women.
Download or read book The Religious Education of Adults written by Leon McKenzie and published by Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, adults do not see the church as a credible provider of quality religious education. This revision by R. Michael Harton of the classic work by Leon McKenzie addresses the foundational issues of what constitutes such an education for adults and how ministers and teachers can determine and understand the needs of learners. It also offers ways to involve learners in the planning and execution of their own religious education. A must-read for ministers and seminarians who care about the religious education of adults. Leon McKenzie is a retired professor of adult education at Indiana University, where he also served as Director of Human Resource Development for Indiana University Hospital. He received his Ed.D. in adult education from IU. and has authored several books, including Adult Education and the Burden of the Future and Adult Education and World View Construction. He lives in Indianapolis. R. Michael Harton has authored several articles on local church adult education, and contributed to A Church's Ministry to Adults and Handbook on Adult Religious Education. A former congregational educator and seminary professor, he now serves the Virginia Baptist Resource Center in Richmond, Virginia, and teaches adjunctively at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. He received his Ed.D. in adult education and instructional systems technology from Indiana University.
Download or read book Adult Religious Education as Transformative Learning The Use of Religious Coping Strategies as a Response to Stress written by Detra Bishop and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between participation in adult religious education and coping resources used by African-American women and to determine if there was a relationship between stressful life events, certain demographic variables, and the use of coping resources. A total of 126 women from Protestant churches in southeast Mississippi were surveyed using the Religious Participation Assessment (RPA), the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), the Coping Resources Inventory (CRI), and the Ways of Religious Coping Scale (WORCS). Five women participated in a follow-up interview.
Download or read book Beyond Transformative Learning in African American Adult Education written by Gerald D. Redwine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By exploring how the religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, and social surroundings of African-American sufferers of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) impacts their understanding of the condition, this book develops a new model of effective adult learning. Presenting the findings of rigorous qualitative research undertaken with five individuals with T2DM, this volume considers how individuals’ educational background, their personal experiences, and their relationship with African-American theism have impacted on their efforts to understand and manage the disease. Identification of the social and spiritual dynamics which govern adults’ acceptance of a chronic condition such as diabetes, and their ability to manage the illness according to modern medical principles, informs the development of a new theory of adult learning known as permeated learning. This model, which extends beyond transformative learning to recognize the influence of social constructs specific to African-American communities, will have broad application to adult education and the management of chronic diseases. This scholarly text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, academics, and policymakers in the field of adult education, African-American education, transformative learning, lifelong learning, and multicultural education.
Download or read book Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education written by Elizabeth J. Tisdell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-06-17 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education is written from the unique perspective of teacher, researcher, and author Elizabeth Tisdell who has extensive experience dealing with culture, gender, and educational equity issues in secular adult and higher education classrooms, and formerly in pastoral and religious education settings on college campuses. This important book discusses how spiritual development is informed by culture and how this knowledge is relevant to teaching and learning. For educators, an understanding of how spirituality is informed by culture, and how spirituality assists in meaning-making, can aid in their efforts to help their students' educational experiences become more transformative and culturally relevant.
Download or read book Learning to Deliberate in Religious Education written by Isolde Driesen and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious and moral pluralism is intrinsic to present-day society. Pluralism includes both the diversity of religions and worldviews (external pluralism), and the diverse conceptions of a transcendent reality and a good life within religions (internal pluralism). This book deals with the challenges this pluralism poses for Christian adult education. The goal is to form a clearer picture of how educators deal with pluralism in their practice. The premise is that this is particularly evident in the goal orientations and the educational methods they choose. This book presents a typology of religio-moral education which is empirically tested in the Catholic context in the Netherlands. It explores the goal orientations and methods of religious and moral educators, and examines the crucial relation between them. The educator's choices are also evaluated in the light of a considered approach to pluralism. Isolde Driesen (1971) worked as a junior researcher at the Faculty of Theology of the Radboud University Nijmegen on the research-project Pluralism and Christian adult education.
Download or read book Learning for Life written by Yvonne Craig and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1994-01-05 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing guidance on how to grow and lead more stimulated lives, this work describes six models of adult learning and gives 25 methods by which adults learn. The book provides advice on planning religious educational events, sets out the pros and cons of assessment and accreditation, and describes nine real events. This book is intended for all those involved in Church Adult Education, and all clergy and lay workers.
Download or read book Adult Religious Education written by Marie A. Gillen and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays that contain the latest in theory and practice concerning adult religious education -- why there is a need for it, the many dimensions of it in a community and how we can improve our practices.
Download or read book The Foundations and Practice of Adult Religious Education written by John L. Elias and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transformative learning communities written by Christine S. Gall and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformative learning community model for adult faith formation brings the personal narratives of participants and the current culture into dialogue with the Christian narrative. The method utilizes the Emmaus pedagogy of Jesus to effect a maturation of faith and discernment through journaling, attentive listening, critical reflection and de-familiarization of the Christian narrative. The method's five phases seek to avoid the pitfalls of relativism and fundamentalism while promoting the explicit, fruitful and living faith called for by the U.S. bishops in "Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us;" one that brings full expression to freedom and the Christian life. Gleaned from James Fowler's stages of faith, Hans-Georg Gadamer's theory of interpretation, Jack Mezirow's transformative learning theory and the thought of Jane Regan and Neil Parent, experts in the field of adult faith formation, this dialogic process seeks to help postmodern adults cognitively appropriate the richness of the Catholic Tradition.
Download or read book Toward an Adult Church written by Jane E. Regan and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penance. Confirmation. Eucharist. Children participate in these sacraments, and many other Catholic rites, thanks to America's long-standing model of parish catechesis. Once children become adults, however, what becomes of their faith formation?In Toward an Adult Church: A Vision of Faith Formation, Jane Regan explores the current structure of parish catechesis. Basing her ideas on contemporary theory and traditional practice, Regan sets forth an intriguing argument: the vitality of the Church depends on establishing a new education paradigm--one that is focused on adults.How can parishes design a framework for adult catechesis? Will such programs be accepted by local church communities? Where does children's faith formation fit into the new structure?Regan answers these questions and offers ideas for developing a balanced approach to religious education--one that addresses the ongoing faith life of adults.
Download or read book Teaching and Learning in Communities of Faith written by Linda J. Vogel and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1991-12-13 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing numbers of adults, looking for some higher meaning in life, are turning to religion for answers. In this book, Linda J. Vogel explores the growing movement toward adult religious education and, drawing on her knowledge from the field of adult learning and development, offers strategies for teaching adults in both Christian and non-Christian settings.
Download or read book Rethinking Adult Religious Education written by Karen Ann Szentkeresti and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Use the Learning Covenant in Religious Education written by R. E. Y. Wickett and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Use the Learning Covenant in Religious Education: Working With Adults provides the educational and biblical bases for the learning covenant, then details the procedures whereby religious educators can successfully use the learning covenant technique. Book jacket.
Download or read book Expanding the Boundaries of Adult Religious Education Strategies Techniques and Partnerships for the New Millenium written by E. Paulette Isaac and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of adult religious education is rich with opportunities for study and service. This sourcebook showcases adult religious education as an important site for program creation, teaching, learning, and adult development. It offers insight into the ways that adult religious education serves adult learners. You'll get numerous examples of adult education within and between religious institutions, along with helpful ideas to enhance practice as well as programs. Researchers will find it useful as a source on religious institutions, adult religious education, and adult learners in general. This is the 133rd volume in this Jossey Bass higher education quarterly report series. Noted for its depth of coverage, this indispensable series explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of adult and continuing education settings.
Download or read book Open Minds Devoted Hearts written by Sarah Tauber and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do religious educators meaningfully engage adult learners? How do they invite adults to begin a learning journey and inspire them to stay on it? In an era of "spiritual but not religious," how can religious educators, and clergy in particular, respond to the yearnings of adults for connection, wholeness, and purpose? Open Minds, Devoted Hearts offers the examples of three outstanding congregational rabbis whose teaching answers that call to action. Through innovatively incorporating biographical portraits and educational scholarship the book provides a comprehensive exploration of how the themes of narrative, transformation, and spirituality bring adult religious educators and learners into a powerful interactive educational process. The portraits and accompanying analysis reveal how constructing personal meaning and building sacred community through study situates adult learning as a dynamic centerpiece of an energized congregational life.
Download or read book Multicultural Andragogy for Transformative Learning written by Peltz, David P. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As individuals progress through each stage of life, they continue to learn and grow intellectually. However, what may be a conducive learning environment for a child may not be as effective for an adult, creating a need to understand how to aid adults in being successful learners in their later life. Multicultural Andragogy for Transformative Learning provides a diverse collection of positions related to adult learning. The book touches on a variety of topics including autonomous learning as a transformative experience, mixing cultures through intercultural methodology, and integrating cultural perspectives into organizational learning. As a publication with a focus on andragogy, this proves a useful resource for academicians, higher education administrators, and educators who teach both traditional and non-traditional students in higher education.
