Reconceiving with action research: working within and across communities of practice in a university/community college collaborative venture

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Taylor ◽  
Laurel D. Puchner ◽  
Margaret B. Powell ◽  
Valorie Harris ◽  
Rick Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
University Community

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.

scholarly journals Improving A University/Community College Partnership Program Having A Reduced Budget

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Anderson-Rowland ◽  
Caroline VanIngen-Dunn ◽  
Debra Banks
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Partnership Program ◽  
University Community
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