Dr. Maureen O’Brien, Ph.D. Duquesne University Theological Reflection and Social Analysis for Ministry I: Foundations of Theological Reflection Dr. Maureen O’Brien, Ph.D. Duquesne University Part 3 Unit 10 Click here for instructions.

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Instructions This course is meant to be self-paced, though there will be opportunities to interact with your local and global JPIC groups. Course content and activities should be completed in the order that they are presented to maximize student success. The Table of Contents will be your starting point for each Unit

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Part 3: Practicing TR Unit 10: Working in Groups with Your Own TR Examples

Table of Contents The unit is divided in several components. Start with 10.1 Description of Learning Journal OR click on the link below to navigate to the component where you left off. Revisit as needed. 10.1 Description of Learning Journal 10.2 Learning Outcomes 10.3 Micro-lecture 10.4 Reading 10.5 Discussion of the TR Examples 10.6 Closing Exercise 10.7 Closing Essay Add Links

Description of Learning Journal Your Learning Journal is the place to record your responses to questions placed in each unit, as well as any notes that you take on the readings or in group discussions. These may be hand written or typed into a computer. If you type, please remember to save your work. Whenever possible, we encourage you to share your Learning Journal with other students in your own group and in other groups through the course’s online networking sites. Narrate?

Learning Outcomes By the end of this unit, students should have: Presented and discussed their individual TR examples in their group Continued to practice a group process for TR and, if necessary, adapted it to their context Narrate?

Read the Text of the Lecture Micro-Lecture View the Lecture (01:55) Read the Text of the Lecture

Reading Instructor’s Notes Individual students’ TR examples (Please note: It is of critical importance that you obtain the presenters’ written examples prior to the group meeting through whatever mode your group has determined will work best.)

Preparation for Discussion of TR Examples Read the individual examples written by your group members and prepare to discuss them, using the instructions under “Individual Preparation to Discuss the TR Example” in the Instructor’s Notes. Write responses in your Learning Journal. Unlike most units, do not paste any responses into a Wiki posting. All of your individual responses to the TR examples should be brought into your Group Meetings. Go to Learning Journal (MS Word)

Discussion of TR Examples 1 Guided by the coordinator, pray together and then work through each phase of TR. Use the method and questions provided in TR Method Summary, and draw upon your individual responses from your Learning Journal. Go to Learning Journal (MS Word)

Discussion of TR Examples 2 As you discuss, also be aware of what insights emerge that are most enthusiastically received by the group, where you have major questions and confusions, where you find yourself in strongest agreement or disagreement with the instructor’s TR points, etc. Go to Learning Journal (MS Word) Link to Google Group, Word Document

Closing Exercise After completing the reading and participating in the group meeting and Wiki discussion, take time to write in your Learning Journal in response to the following questions.  You are not expected to share this information unless you choose to do so.

Closing Exercise After the reading and discussion, take time to write in your Learning Journal: What was easiest about your work with the TR example? What was hardest? What have you learned about yourself as minister through considering this example? What could you and the group do next time to improve your participation in TR? Go to Learning Journal (MS Word)

Closing Essay for Part 2 When you have completed the discussion of group examples in Unit 10, write an essay of no more than two double-spaced pages (maximum 500 words) to respond to the following questions. Please post your essay on the course Wiki. Describe one significant new insight that that you gained during the TR work. This could involve your own example or someone else’s. Name one thing about using TR that was “easy” for you, and one thing that was “hard.” Why do you think this was so? How might you continue to use TR at this stage in your own studies or ministry? Go to Learning Journal (MS Word)

Wiki If you are ready to respond to the Discussion Question most important to you: Click here to go to the JPIC 200 Wiki. Sign in so that you can post your entry. Choose the appropriate Unit Number Click reply to add your entry.