Fall 2020/Fuller Online/MAGL

ML540

Holck

ML540: ADULT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (4 units: 160 hours). Jeff Holck, DMiss, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Leadership.

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.

RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course provides students with tools to evaluate or design ALD processes using several techniques to analyze an actual field case, which is consistent with the MAGL PLO “Graduates will implement a leadership development perspective that prioritizes character/spiritual formation.”

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 1,170 pages (65 hrs) - to be read in the order they appearbelow (similar editions acceptable):

Amanchukwu, Rose Ngozi, Gloria Jones Stanley, and Prince Ololube Nwachukwu. 2015. “A Review of Leadership Theories, Principles and Styles and Their Relevance to Educational Management.” Management 5 (1): 6–14. Available at: http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.mm.20150501.02.html (9 pp. assigned)

Reese, Randy, and Robert Loane. Deep Mentoring. Downers Grove: IVP, 2012. Chapters 7 & 8. ISBN-13: 978-0830837892. Pub List $22. Kindle Edition $13.19. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library. (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 $42. Can be purchased as an eBook for $36.40: http://www.ebooks.com/1744973/on-teaching-and-learning/vella-jane/. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library. (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. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library. (264 pp. assigned)

Plueddemann, Jim. Teaching Across Cultures: Contextualizing Education for Global Mission. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2018. ISBN-13: 978-0830852215. Pub List $23. Kindle Edition $13.29. (156 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: 978-0470907726. Pub List $42. Available as an e-book from the Fuller Library. (288 pp. assigned)

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

  1. Approximately 1,200 pages of required reading. [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2, 3, & 4] [65 hours].
  2. Weekly forum discussions and reading interactions (29%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2, 3, & 4] [2.5 hrs/wk=25 hours].
  3. Write seven 600-word papers (22%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2, 3, & 4] [21 hours].
  4. Write a 900-word case study of a leadership development program (10%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #1, 2, 3, & 4] [9 Hrs].
  5. Write a major paper (4,500 words) analyzing or designing an ALD process (39%) [This assignment is related to learning outcomes #5] [40 Hrs].

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.