From the Back Cover
This book is an arresting interdisciplinary publication on Christian education, comprising works by leading scholars, professionals and practitioners from around the globe. It focuses on the integrated approaches to Christian education that are both theoretically sound and practically beneficial, and identifies innovative pedagogical methods and tools that have been field-tested and practice-approved. It discusses topics such as exploring programmes and courses through different lenses; learning challenges and opportunities within organisational management; theology of business; Christian models of teaching in different contexts; job preparedness; developing different interpretive or meaning-making frameworks for working with social justice, people with disability, non-profit community organisations and in developing country contexts. It offers graduate students, teachers, school administrators, organisational leaders, theologians, researchers and education practitioners a fresh and inspiring reimagining of Christian education perspectives and practices and the ramifications of their application to life-long learning.
Dr Johannes M. Luetz (PhD, MBA, BA) is Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Coordinator and Research Chair at CHC Higher Education in Brisbane, Australia, and Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, where he also earned his PhD in Environmental Policy and Management. He has worked with World Vision on research projects raising awareness of the effects of climate change on poor communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and the need to meaningfully address vulnerabilities through praxis-informed education approaches. His research awards include the categories Best Thesis (2006), Aspire (2012), and Best Paper (2017). Dr Tony Dowden (EdD, MEd, BSc, BA, GradCertUniL&T, DipTchg) is Senior Lecturer of Curriculum and Pedagogy (Junior Secondary) at the University of Southern Queensland in Ipswich, Australia. He lectures on junior secondary education topics and has an active research program on the middle years of schooling, especially in relation to curriculum design. He has 60 publications and over 300 citations to his name. He completed his doctorate at Massey University in New Zealand and, in 2007, he was the recipient of the Sutton-Smith Doctoral Award for excellence in a doctoral thesis in education bestowed by the New Zealand Association of Educational Research. Dr Beverley Norsworthy (PhD, PGDipEd(Adult Ed), MEd(Hons), BEd, DipTchg) is Head of Teaching and Learning at Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, Tauranga, Aotearoa New Zealand. She coordinates, teaches and supervises within the Master of Professional Practice programme. She has leadership experience in Christian Initial Teacher Education and Schooling across Australasia. Her current areas of teaching and research include pedagogies for transformative education and people flourishing, reflective practice and visual research methods. She has examined masters and doctoral theses for universities in NZ and Australia and is a regular reviewer for international journals.
