DP9147B Reflective Practice for Vocational Formation

Description

Explore an action-reflection model of learning while being active in an approved ministry placement or workplace. In this year-long unit, Reflective Practice for Vocational Formation, you will reflect on your experiences alone, with a pastoral supervisor and with your peers to learn more about the skills and competencies required for ministry, and to discover individual core values and vocational identity.   

Level

Postgraduate Elective

Semester

Full Year 2027

Delivery Mode

Practicum

Dates

22 February - 29 October 2027

This is a practicum unit and is a single unit taught across two semesters. In addition to engaging with some learning and teaching materials asynchronously, you are expected to attend synchronous classes, workshops, and peer groups.  

Synchronous class engagement includes introductory class, tutorials, workshops, peer groups and semester debrief. Synchronous session timings may be revised in consultation with class members at the commencement of semester 1. 

Students are required to attend eight one-hour individual pastoral supervision sessions – dates to be determined in consultation with pastoral supervisor. 

Students must complete a log of placement hours/activities. 

Threshold requirement: As a practicum unit, fulfilment of all required engagement hours (132 hours for level 2 and 180 for level 8) is expected. Failure to complete the full complement of placement hours, pastoral supervision sessions, and peer group sessions puts the student at risk of failing the unit. 

We recommend that you allocate 15 hours a week for all study activities. 

Lecturer/s 

Major Sandy MacDonald 

Prerequisites 

UD Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Module and Pre/co-requisite units: 24 points Field B, 24 points Field C.  

Learning Activities 

Learning is achieved through action-reflection on approved placement/workplace experiences and observations, as well as individual supervision. 

180 engagement hours is made up of 144 hours placement, 6 hours individual supervision, 18 hours placement review and peer feedback, and 12 hours planning/prep/classroom. 

* This unit is offered at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. Students may engage with people across both levels when this unit is delivered. 

Assessments 

Assessment 1 – 10%
Assessment 2 – 30%
Assessment 3 – 30%
Assessment 4 – 30% 

Learning Outcomes 

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to: 

1. Critically reflect theologically on ministry practice and ministry context. 
2. Demonstrate intentionality in ministry by developing, working towards and evaluating achievement of goals for ministry practice, set within a ministry context. 
3. Critically reflect on the contributions from the ministry context and pastoral supervision to personal and vocational identity formation. 
4. Document evidence of learning about self and ministry arising from the ministry context. 
5. Integrate theological reading into reflection on the ministry context. 
6. Demonstrate an integrated understanding of child safeguarding and professional ministry standards. 

Text Books 

There is no required text for this unit.