Spring 2019/Fuller Online/MAGL

ML540

Freeman

ML540: ADULT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (4 units: 160 hours).

Robert Freeman, Assistant Professor of Leadership Development, Assoc. Dean MAGL/DMiss.

DESCRIPTION:

This course is an overview of adult leadership development (ALD) focusing on design and evaluation of ALD processes that have proven effective in mission and ministry. Includes an in-depth look at “Dialogue Education” (Jane Vella) as a practical means of facilitating adult learning. This course gives you tools to evaluate or design ALD processes using several techniques to analyze an actual field case.

LEARNING OUTCOMES (L.O.s): At some point in your ministry you are likely to need to evaluate or design an ALD process. Upon successful completion of this course, you will have:

  1. Examined several philosophical perspectives and definitions regarding leadership, adult leadership development, and evaluation.
  2. Identified several formal, non-formal and informal models of adult leadership development that have been used successfully.
  3. Analyzed variables affecting the learner, the adult leadership development process and desired outcomes using an eight-aspect design model.
  4. Investigated how adults learn best.
  5. Completed a detailed analysis or design of an adult leadership development process using a systems approach.

COURSE FORMAT:

Conducted online, the ten weekly lessons align with Fuller's academic calendar. Students, the professor and teaching assistants will interact weekly through forums, reading responses, & writing assignments.

REQUIRED READING: Approximately 1,500 pages (75 hrs) - to be read in the order they appear below (similar editions acceptable):

Northouse, Peter G. Leadership: Theory and Practice. SAGE Publications, Inc, 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1452203409. Pub List $96. Kindle Edition (2015) $58. (405 pp. assigned)

Reese, Randy, and Robert Loane. Deep Mentoring. Downers Grove: IVP, 2012. Chapters 7 & 8. ISBN-13: 978-0830837892. Pub List $20. Kindle Edition $9.99. (50 pp. assigned)

Vella, Jane. On Teaching and Learning: Putting the Principles and Practices of Dialogue Education into Action. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0787986995. Pub List $40. Can be purchased as an eBook for $36.40: http://www.ebooks.com/1744973/on-teaching-and-learning/vella-jane/. (221 pp. assigned)

Knowles, Malcolm, et al. The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011. Chapters 1-14. ISBN-13: 978-1856178112. Pub List $58. Kindle Edition (2015) $55. (264 pp. assigned)

Lingenfelter, Judith E. and Sherwood G. Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003. ISBN-13: 978-0801026201. Pub List $17. Kindle Edition $9.99. (125 pp. assigned)

Boren, M. Scott. Missional Small Groups: Becoming a Community That Makes a Difference in the World. Baker Books, 2010. ISBN-13: 978-0801072307. Pub List $17. Kindle Edition $9.99. (182 pp. assigned)

Zachary, Lois J. The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-04709907726. Pub List $38. Kindle Edition $24.99 (288 pp. assigned)

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

  1. Weekly forum discussions and reading interactions (29%) (2.5 hrs/wk=25 hours) LO’s 1, 2, 3 & 4.
  2. Write seven 600-word papers. (22%) (21 hours) LO’s 1, 2, 3 & 4.
  3. Write a 900-word case study of a leadership development program. (10%) (9 Hrs) LO’s 1, 2, 3 & 4.
  4. Write a major paper (4,500 words) analyzing or designing an ALD process. (39%) (30 Hrs) LO 5.

PREREQUISITES: This course sequence is only available to MA in Global Leadership students.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Required MAGL Cohort Sequence Course.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.

NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change. Copyright 2019 Fuller Theological Seminary.