Fall 2017/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 appearbelow (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 (30%) (2.5 hrs/wk=25 hours) LO’s 1, 2, 3 & 4.

2. Write seven 600-word papers. (21%) (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.