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Interprofessional Education in Theology and Social Work: Postmodern and Practical Theological Dimensions
Author(s) -
Kamya Hugo,
O’Brien Maureen
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
teaching theology and religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1467-9647
pISSN - 1368-4868
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9647.00063
Subject(s) - postmodernism , christian ministry , exposition (narrative) , context (archaeology) , argument (complex analysis) , sociology , work (physics) , social work , pedagogy , interprofessional education , engineering ethics , epistemology , theology , medicine , philosophy , political science , health care , engineering , law , art , paleontology , mechanical engineering , literature , biology
In this essay the authors posit that interprofessional education is inherently “post‐modern”and thus will incorporate educational priorities compatible with postmodernism, and that practical theology is the preferred method for interprofessional teaching and learning when theology and ministry are explicit participants. In advancing this argument they draw upon their experience in team teaching an interprofessional course in pastoral ministry and social work designed for students pursuing a joint degree in these two fields. They provide an overview of the contemporary postmodern context and interprofessional education as an emerging paradigm in higher education, a brief description of the major components of the joint course, and an exposition of appropriate educational priorities.