Supervised Theological Field Education (STFE) as intercultural conversation: learning from peer reflection in Melbourne, Australia

The processes of Supervised Theological Field Education in the Australian context were developed in a largely Western educative model, and yet the changing cultural landscape of Melbourne, including the shape of the local church itself, has brought challenge to the way the supervisory processes are...

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Autori: Mallaby, Anne (Autore) ; Tan, Jun (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Practical theology
Anno: 2018, Volume: 11, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 287-299
Notazioni IxTheo:CD Cristianesimo; cultura
FB Formazione teologica universitaria
KBS Australia
KDG Chiese libere
RB Carica ecclesiastica
ZF Pedagogia
Altre parole chiave:B Theological Reflection
B Supervisione
B Intercultural
B peer reflection
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Riepilogo:The processes of Supervised Theological Field Education in the Australian context were developed in a largely Western educative model, and yet the changing cultural landscape of Melbourne, including the shape of the local church itself, has brought challenge to the way the supervisory processes are managed. Pastoral supervision prioritises experience as the starting point for theological reflection, and experience always occurs in a context. Understanding the context creates potential for insight upon experience and transformation of the individual. Within supervisory relationships, both individual and peer group, serious engagement with culture and intercultural communication needs to take place. The dynamics of reflective communication are complex, so a process of reflection upon the cultural nuances, the nature of power, and perceptions and illusions around cultural dynamics was put in place between the writers of this paper as peer group facilitators. Peer group supervision became a collaborative inter-cultural conversation that prompts theological reflection.
ISSN:1756-0748
Comprende:Enthalten in: Practical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2018.1433921