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Master ofProfessional
Practice
Post GraduateDiploma of
Professional Practice
PROGRAMME INFORMATION
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Who we are - Tenei Matou
OUR MISSIONTo provide Christ-centred, biblically informed, professional preparation, development and research, for influential service.
OUR ETHOSWe believe that people teach, counsel and relate out of who they are. Because of that, we are interested in the growth of men and women, not only towards a professional goal, but towards reaching their God-given potential. Relationships are central to life at BTI as we work and grow together.
OUR VALUESWe seek to foster Christ-like servant leadership, sound relationships and a sense of community where each individual is respected and supported. Quality in both personal and professional endeavours and a balanced lifestyle are integral to our aims.
OUR HEARTWe support people to grow holistically. Academically, we want to stretch students towards excellence so they are able to translate knowledge and skills into professional practice. Alongside this, we want to develop practitioners who are teachable, secure and gracious. We anticipate that patterns established at BTI such as work habits, relationships and spiritual perspectives will grow and develop in depth and richness over the years.
OUR PURPOSEWe offer a wide range of contexts, activities, ideas and methods in our courses so that this growth may take place. We want to help form professionals who are sought after for their personal and professional standing.
BTI is a charitable company owned by the Christian Education Trust. The CET was established in 1986 with the vision of extending God’s Kingdom by providing Christ-centred education for students of all age groups. As a Charitable trust, all profits are invested straight back into education.
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ABOUT BTI’s POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS 4
THE GRADUATE PROFILEPostgraduate Diploma of Professional PracticeMaster of Professional Practice
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Possible Pathways 10
PROGRAMME INFORMATIONPostgraduate Diploma of Professional PracticeMaster of Professional PracticeProgramme Pedagogy
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Sample Course Information 17
CONTENTS
NZQA’s Rating of BTINZQA, through its external evaluation and review process (EER), rates BTI as a category 1 provider - Highly confident for educational performance and Highly confident in self-assessment capability. BTI was last evaluated in August 2016; our next review will take place in 2020.
For more information, please visit: http://www.bti.ac.nz/nzqa-rating.html
Let the favour of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands (Psalm 90:17, NIV)
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BTI was established in 1993 when it began as Bethlehem Teacher’s College offering professional preparation for teachers. This was expanded in 1998 to include professional preparation of Counsellors and then in 2012 for Social Workers. During this time BTI has received many enquiries about a possible qualification to support Christ-following professionals whose practice focuses on human well-being, flourishing or development to further explore the implications of their faith for that practice: in other words to ‘develop further as a Christian professional’. For potential students who contributed to the development of these qualifications this meant a qualification which would:
• Include a way of learning and developing which did not divide one’s faith life from one’s professional life. It is a qualification where “what I am learning is not only developing my academic knowledge, but also drawing me into a closer relationship with God”.
• Provide a robust scholarly framework in which they can explore and develop their understanding of what living God’s kingdom here on earth means within the professional sphere. It is a qualification which provides a safe but challenging space in which to examine one’s current thinking related to your professional practice “within a Christian framework [which] invites me to consciously consider a Christian worldview and its impact on all issues being studied”.
• Enable the Christian professional to better understand what it is they do and through processes of inquiry and research to explore how they might be more strategic and influential within their professional landscape and practice.
The Master of Professional Practice and Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice programmes create a safe, but challenging space focused on ‘being and becoming’ confident Christ-following professionals whose practice is research-informed.
The learning experiences within the programme equip and enable participants to engage with research and reflective inquiry into their professional practice in order to improve understanding of that practice and increase its intentionality and strategic alignment with the biblical narrative and the idea of the Kingdom of God on earth.
We have described this approach to postgraduate study as professional development. These qualifications enable on-going professional development where learning from experience for improved, research-informed professional practice is appropriately scaffolded at the postgraduate level in an environment which nurtures both the one who is the professional and their learning. A key component of this approach is to heighten awareness of one’s own gifts, talents, strengths, weaknesses and ways of thinking and consequently to experience changes to our thinking which influence our ‘ways of being’ (Romans 12: 1-3) and our commitments to hopeful educational outcomes such as justice, shalom and faithfulness.
About BTI’s Postgraduate Qualifications
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Distinctive characteristics of the BTI Postgraduate Qualifications The NZQA panel who approved this qualification commended BTI on the following (and more):
1. The integration of research throughout the whole programme, incorporating a broad range of research methodologies;
2. The level of staff qualification and research experience;
3. The well designed integrated approach to research supported by committee structure, strategic plan and professional development;
4. The inclusion of an exegesis option for the thesis;
5. The successful integration of the faith-based special character of BTI with the academic rigour required at post-graduate level without compromising either.
Research integrated throughout programmeRather than having ONE Research Paper, as is often characteristic of masters programmes, the development of the ‘professional as researcher’ is part of the learning approach of the programme. We believe you will become both research competent and confident by doing research as well as learning about research. Consequently, students engage with aspects of knowledge, skill and dispositions related to research activity in each paper. In this way, by the time the student comes to either MPP 844 Professional Practice Inquiry OR, for those choosing the Master of Professional Practice, a thesis paper, they will have experienced a range of research approaches and processes.
Students will also have the opportunity to engage with emerging approaches to research which may collect data through visual means such as photographs or images and take advantage of web-based technologies.
Exegesis OptionOne innovation within the Master of Professional Practice thesis papers is the inclusion of an exegesis option. The exegesis is a practice-based thesis where the major output is a creative work – enabling expression of ideas through images (still or moving), creative construction, digital technologies, etc. The possibilities of such an option will be fully discussed with students.
About BTI’s Postgraduate Qualifications
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Postgraduate Study that is holistic, connected, informed by faith, inspired by hope and motivated by love, while also being academically rigorous.
A strong sense of cohesion and connection is developed through interweaving growth in disposition, knowledge and skill through three contexts – the person (inner landscape), the professional landscape, and the research-informed professional practice.
Developing inner landscape strand recognises that it is from one’s dispositions, beliefs and values that professional practice flows. The strand focuses the professional’s reflective inquiry on their identity, call and purpose through the lens of a biblical narrative, knowing God and His desire for people’s well-being. Engaging with the biblical narrative highlights the importance of being motivated by love, inspired by hope, informed by faith, relational, teachable and deliberative.
Developing professional practice landscapes strand recognises that at both the micro and macro levels, professional practice is complex and contested, influenced by socio-cultural, historical, physical, spiritual and political dimensions and contexts. Within this strand the professional will investigate their professional landscape in relationship to current philosophical ideas, policy perspectives and pressures. Consequentially the professional will be strategic, intentional and hopeful for the future of that profession.
Developing research in professional practice strand keeps the research process, with its critical analysis and reflection, grounded in one’s professional practice. This leads to innovation, increased levels of intentionality and fruitfulness that are themselves informed and inspired by the priorities within the biblical world narrative. Research is viewed as interpretive, worldview embedded and informed and the strand provides opportunity to explore how research is an expression of the gospel and a commitment to ‘doing good’.
About BTI’s Postgraduate Qualifications
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The Graduate Profile
The Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice is designed for graduates to:
develop the dispositions, as well as advanced level knowledge and skills to engage in research-informed professional practice which is understood as an expression of a call of the biblical narrative. They will develop the capacity to engage in scholarship that is informed by faith, inspired by hope and motivated by love, to honour ethical principles central to human flourishing and to contribute as leaders to the wider professional community.
Additional to the above, those who complete the Master of Professional Practice will also develop the dispositions, knowledge and skills to undertake in-depth supervised independent research.
Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice (PGDip PP) & Master of Professional Practice (MPP)
Graduates will BE commmitted to:
• harmonising their professional practice, identity and integrity with their faith, understanding and wisdom;
• drawing upon their spirituality and faith commitments to sustain inner professional growth.• the well-being of others, particularly those within the communities, agencies and profession in
which they serve;• engaging with multiple perspectives in professional landscapes with empathy, reflexivity and
reasoned consideration;• the biblical priority of growing in wisdom embodying this in foundational ways of being, doing and
knowing within their research-informed professional practice;• do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with their God, through service, collaboration and Christ-
likeness;• developing a researcher–practitioner stance which is ethical, humble, gracious and discerning;• undertaking research which is deliberative and robust, involving creative imaginative and critical
thinking;• ongoing learning, exploring or inquiring, open to new possibilities – i.e., be teachable;• showing respect of others’ professional practice when conducting small scale research under
supervision.
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The Graduate Profile
Graduates will KNOW:
• the intimate connectivity of biblically based beliefs, wisdom and action, research and professional practice;
• the biblical narrative, its mission and values as foundational for informing and shaping professional practice which is purposeful and fruitful;
• wisdom as first and foremost grounded in relationship with and knowledge of God, self and others;
• professional practice flows from one’s identity, dispositions, calling, beliefs and values;• that reflective inquiry, including undertaking small-scale research under supervision into their
professional practice, may be disruptive, regenerative and transformative;• professional landscapes are complex, contested and dynamic; influenced by socio-cultural,
historical, physical, spiritual and political dimensions;• dynamics of professional practice landscapes are influenced during research under supervision;• all research is interpretive, worldview embedded and informed and it has the potential to reveal
wisdom, insights and understandings for transformation in professional practice;• a range of research methodologies appropriate to professional practice.
Graduates will DO (be able to);
• undertake small scale research into an aspect of professional practice (under supervision) which enhances their inner landscape, contributes hope to their professional landscape, informs their professional practice and contributes to their development as a wise professional whose practice is transformative, relational and responsive;
• employ hermeneutic, inquiry and reflective tools to examine beliefs and assumptions about professional practice;
• gain experience with a range of research methods;• articulate a personalised, Professional Passionate Creed, explore its articulation into their
professional practice and identify how their professional practice expresses the biblical narrative;• investigate professional landscapes with commitment to critique of, and hope for, the future of
their profession;• exercise and communicate fair and accurate appreciation of other’s ideas, ideals and practices.
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Master of Professional Practice (MPP)
Graduates will also BE:
• respectful of others’ professional practice and landscapes when conducting in-depth research under supervision which enhances their inner landscape, contributes hope to their professional landscape, informs their professional practice and contributes to their development as a wise professional whose practice is transformative, relational and responsive.
Graduates will also KNOW:
• dynamics of professional practice landscapes are influenced during in-depth research under supervision.
Graduates will also DO:
• in-depth research (under supervision) which enhances their inner landscape• self-direct an in-depth research investigation (under supervision) from proposal through to final
presentation.
The Graduate Profile
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Possible Pathways
EITHER MPP 951
Professional Practice:
Practice-Based and Practice-Led Research
[B]
60 CREDIT THESIS
Planning, undertaking and reporting on an inquiry project into an aspect of your own professional practice. The paper includes the opportunity to:
critique a range of research methods advocated for the development of research-informed professional practice.
(The research project can be a pilot study for your thesis).
MPP 844:
OR
MPP 950 Professional Practice: Practice-Based and Practice-Led
Research [A]
90 CREDIT THESIS
Expanding vision and competence through critical engagement with:
biblical mandate for social change
creative exploration of Prophet’s Voice, Change Agent and Strategic Intent
research as rational, relational, revelational, and responsive
responsibility for what we do with what we come to know
new & emerging research approaches in professional practice.
MPP 843:
Developing awareness of the influence of professional principles on practice through:
exploration of multiple perspectives in professional practice contexts
immersion in an unfamiliar professional setting
consideration of power and privilege
critique of a range of research methodologies
engagement with principles and practices related to research ethics.
MPP 842:
Developing professional identity in the light of:
in-depth engagement with a biblical understanding of God, people and work
self-analysis and increased awareness of own gifts, strengths, sense of call
reflection and research as integral to ‘being professional’
scholarship informed by faith, inspired by hope and motivated by love
self as researcher.
MPP 841:
Master of Professional
Practice
Articulate, critique and refine Personalised Professional Practice Creed
Developing a researcher-stance, competence and confidence in research-informed Professional Practice
Post Graduate
Diploma of Professional
Practice
Master of Professional
Practice (with or without
endorsement)
Doctoral Study
Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice: 120 Credits at Level 8
MPP841 Being Christian, Being Professional Level 8 30 creditsMPP842 Professional Principles in Practice Level 8 30 creditsMPP843 Professional Practice: Critical Insights Level 8 30 creditsMPP844 Professional Practice Inquiry Level 8 30 credits
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Possible Pathways
Master of Professional Practice: 120 Credits at Level 8, 60 credits at Level 9
MPP841 Being Christian, Being Professional Level 8 30 creditsMPP842 Professional Principles in Practice Level 8 30 creditsMPP843 Professional Practice: Critical Insights Level 8 30 credits
AND
• Either
MPP 950 Professional Practice: Practice-Based and Level 9 90 credits Practice-Led Research [A]
• Or, the following two papers:
MPP 844 Professional Practice Inquiry Level 9 30 creditsMPP 951 Professional Practice: Practice-Based and Level 9 60 credits Practice-Led Research [B]
OPTION ONEIn 2019, Semester One you would complete MPP 841 Being Christian, Being Professional and in Semester Two MPP 842 Professional Principles in Practice.
In 2020, Semester One you would complete MPP 843 Professional Practice: Critical Insights and then in Semester Two commence the 90 credit thesis paper, MPP 950 Professional Practice: Practice-Based and Practice-Led Research [A]. You would complete this in 2021.
OPTION TWOIn 2019, Semester One you would complete MPP 841 Being Christian, Being Professional and in Semester Two MPP 842 Professional Principles in Practice.
In 2020, Semester One you would complete MPP 843 Professional Practice: Critical Insights and then in Semester Two, MPP 8444 Professional Practice Inquiry
In 2021 you would complete the 60 credit thesis paper, MPP 950 Professional Practice: Practice-Based and Practice-Led Research [B]
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For Option Two, and where the research is conducted in one of the following broad professional fields, Education, Counselling, Social Work, the Master of Professional Practice may be offered with an endorsement - subject to both of the following criteria being met:
1. The endorsement is consistent with the participant’s professional preparation and membership/registration,
2. MPP 950 Professional Practice: Practice-based and Practice-led research [A] (90 credits) is conducted in the professional context in which the participant is both qualified and registered/membered.
For example:Master of Professional Practice (Social Work) M Prof Prac (SW)Master of Professional Practice (Counselling) M Prof Prac (Couns.)Master of Professional Practice (Education) M Prof Prac (Ed)
Graduates who choose Option One, or who do not fulfil both of the above criteria will graduate with the qualification without endorsement as follows:
Master of Professional Practice M Prof Prac
The Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice will be awarded without endorsement.
Possible Pathways
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Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice (PGDip PP) & Master of Professional Practice (MPP)
DISTANCEDelivery for these programmes is described as distance or e-learning. The Master of Professional Practice and Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice programmes will be hosted on BTI Online - a web-based learning platform (Moodle). See www.btionline.ac.nz
In order to participate fully in the online learning community, designed to interact, support and journey through their programmes together, students will commit to:
• Interact and communicate with other students and staff through interactive visual and online discussions, emails and other digital learning tools (broadband internet is required for these);
• Communicate with staff via telephone and Skype conversations;• Engage with study materials and resources• Access the BTI Library via its online portal (on BTIOnline) in order to explore the journal databases,
request and renew books.
ONSITE (Face to Face) COMPONENTS
The first paper, MPP 841 Being Christian, Being Professional includes a compulsory three day onsite component at the BTI campus in Tauranga, in the beautiful Bay of Plenty. These days are designed so that the cohort members can get to know each other and those staff with whom they will work as members of a learning community. These days include orientation to the nature of the programme and its unique features, teaching sessions, introduction to assessments as learning experiences and support sessions related to APA referencing and searching online journal databases.
All other papers include a two day non-compulsory, but highly recommended, onsite component. These will be strategically situated within the course to maximise their usefulness to students. These face to face block courses can be important for engaging in discussion, engaging in a variety of learning experiences including field trips and guest speakers, consolidating knowledge, talking through issues, sharing research findings, sharing other learning experiences, being a community of faith, building collegiality, making face to face contact with other students and teaching and learning support staff.
Programme Pedagogy
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Master of Professional Practice only
Onsite Research WorkshopThose enrolled in the 60 or 90 credit thesis or exegesis papers will be invited to participate in an optional one day face to face workshop. While this is optional it is designed to gain valuable insight into the thesis or exegesis experience. The day includes meeting with supervisors, helpful tips of how to get the best from your supervision experience as well as opportunities to discuss research issues at a generic level. A highlight is students sharing and encouraging each other.
WorkloadIt is difficult to estimate postgraduate study work allocation as different students bring different levels of knowledge, skill and learning dispositions to their study. However, as a general guide and recognising the high level of self-directed learning within a postgraduate programme, you should be prepared to invest an average of 10 – 13 hours per week throughout each semester. This way your study can be contained and not be stressful. Due to the nature of these qualifications, particularly their engagement with your professional practice, sometimes a learning hour will also be an hour of your professional practice.
2019 DatesSemester One 2019:Semester One 2019 commences on Monday 18th February and concludes on 28 June with a mid-semester break on the week commencing 15th April. The complusory intensive for MPP 841 Being Christian, Being Professional is on Thursday, 28th February to Saturday 2nd March.
Semester Two 2019Semester Two 2019 commences on Monday 22nd July and concludes on Friday 29th November with a mid-semester break on the week commencing 30th September. The optional intensive for MPP 842 Professional Principles in Practice is on Friday, 2nd August and Saturday 3rd August.
2019 Key Dates are available on the BTI Website under Key Dates
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Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice Entry Requirements
Applicants for the Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice shall before enrolment have:
1. Satisfied all the normal requirements for entry to the Institute.2. Gained an appropriate NZQA approved Bachelor Degree (or Bachelor’s degree with Honours)
with an average of a B grade or above across NZQA Level 7 papers. In the event of a student with marginal grades, and a strong recommendation from the interview panel, a student could be offered provisional entry. Continuation in the programme would be dependent on the student passing MPP 841: Being Christian, Being Professional with a B grade or above.
3. A strong alignment with values of social change, justice, public good and people’s well-being.4. A minimum of two years professional experience.5. Evidence of belonging to a profession (e.g., have provisional or full registration with a professional
registration board, have membership of a professional association). 6. A letter of support from their immediate supervisor/manager indicating that they are employed
or volunteering in an existing vocational situation which will provide a context for study and application of learning.
There are limited places available and the selection process which may be competitive will be guided by the following process.
Selection Process and Criteria
1. Student submits application. 2. BTI checks that all required components are included.3. If all information is included and applicant meets the Entry Criteria an interview either in person or
by Skype will be organised.4. Interview occurs. Typically this is the opportunity for two representatives of the teaching staff to
explore the applicant’s reasons for applying to undertake the programme and the likelihood of success (i.e., time availability, supportive network, internet and computer capability, etc.). It is also a time for the applicant to ask any questions they may have.
5. After the interview applicants will be selected based on the degree to which they meet the following criteria:
a. Meeting entry requirements as stated in Programme Regulations (see p. 15). Preference will be given to those who meet criteria for full entry ahead of provisional entry.
b. Likelihood to succeed in programme (See above).c. Appropriate internet access.d. Whanau/Professional network support. e. Likelihood of appropriate research supervision availability.
Entry Requirements
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Entry Requirements
Please note: The Postgraduate Programme Committee reserves the right to select applicants on the following criteria:
1. The strength of recommendation of the Interview Panel in terms of: a. Meeting entry requirements as stated in Programme Regulations. Preference will be given
to those who meet criteria for full entry ahead of provisional entry;b. Likelihood to succeed in programme;c. Appropriate internet access;d. Whanau/Professional network support.
2. Balance of professional representation in cohort.3. Likelihood of appropriate research supervision availability.
The decision of the Postgraduate Programme Committee is final and they are not obliged to provide unsuccessful applicants with reasons for declining their application.
EnquiriesDirect email enquiries about either the Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice, or the Master of Professional Practice to: [email protected], or phone us on 07 562 2938.
ApplicationsTo apply for either the Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Practice, or the Master of Professional Practice, visit www.bti.ac.nz
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On the following pages you can read about some aspects of the first three papers and appreciate the creative and engaging assignment design.
MPP 841 Being Christian, Being Professional
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Professional Practice is shaped by the lens through which we make meaning, including the imaginations which emerge from the story we inhabit. Students study to increase their understanding of the biblical story and its implications for their practice in order to increase its intentionality and strategic alignment with the biblical narrative and the idea of the Kingdom of God on earth. Students engage with inquiry processes of reflection and research and the pre-requisite dispositions for each. The course concludes with the exploration of your growth as a researcher, postgraduate student and ‘Being Professional, Being Christian’ using a visual research method known as Photo Elicitation.
This paper includes a compulsory face to face block course during which students get to know each other, engage with key ideas within the paper and learn the difference between undergraduate and postgraduate study. During the block course students will also become familiar with assignments and have the opportunity to develop pre-requisite literature review thinking and writing skills.
ASSESSMENTS:Assessment Task 1 (20%) – Essay in which you present a scholarly understanding of ‘work’ within the biblical narrative such that it informs “Being Christian, Being Professional’ within your own professional context.
Assessment Task 2 (30%) – Visual or 3D Representation of Passionate Creed together with scholarly exposition which captures a personally owned, biblically and theoretically informed articulation of the knowledge, beliefs and insights within one’s Passionate Creed and its articulation into Professional Practice.
Assessment Task 3 (25%) - Statement in which you articulate the nature and role of inquiry processes such as reflection and research and their pre-requisite dispositions as being critical to improving professional practice intentionality.
Assessment Task 4 (25%) - Research ReportPlan, undertake, report and reflect on a small research project using Photo Elicitation methodology. The project is focused on your growth as a postgraduate student and researcher.
Sample Paper Descriptions and Assessment Tasks
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Sample Paper Descriptions and Assessment Tasks
MPP 843: Professional Practice: Critical Insights
COURSE DESCRIPTION:Students critically examine their understanding of a Biblical mandate for social change. This includes exploring the relationship between a prophet’s voice and social change, as well as how tradition, critique and transformation are managed within such change. It provides for creative, imaginative and critical thinking as to how they might be strategic and influential within their professional landscape and practice. Through the process of research design, data generation and analysis, students recognise the potential that emerging research methodologies have to reveal wisdom, insights and understanding for professional practice that is transformative, relational and responsive.
ASSESSMENTS:Assessment Task 1 (25%) - Meta-reflection which critically examines contemplations. Over a period of a six weeks, set aside regular time to contemplate what the Biblical mandate for social change and the Christian tradition of culture shaping aimed at supporting communities to care for the sojourner, the vulnerable and the marginalised, means for YOU and YOUR professional practice and landscape.
Assessment Task 2 (45%) - Oral Presentation and reflection on feedback.Prepare and submit a 15-20 minute recording for a group of colleagues in which you report the findings from an exploration of the relationship between a prophet’s voice, a Biblical mandate for social change and a strategic intent. Give particular consideration of how social/cultural traditions, deconstructive critique, and social/cultural transformation are or could potentially be strategically managed as relative to the professional landscape(s) you are currently engaged with in your work/vocation. Draw on the life and practice of a person(s) of influence to illustrate your critical insights. Your peers will provide feedback on your recording.
Assignment Task 3 (30%) - Emerging Research Approaches in Professional PracticeSelect an emerging research approach and examine its potential to explore ONE facet of tradition, critique, or transformation regarding professional landscape and practice. Consider how this research approach and associated data analysis skills might be managed to contribute wisdom, insights and understanding for YOUR professional practice. Communicate the insights gleaned. (Format to be negotiated, equivalent to 3000 – 4000 words, not counting references)
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