Welcome and introduction

Welcome to this blog. It is a home page for the Christchurch BCNZ course on pastoral leadership, taught by Dr Steve Taylor. On the left hand side I will be adding the blogs of all the students in this course. Part of the assessment of this course is based on students recording their readings on-line. For other students, their assessment includes the comments and interaction they make on each other blogs.

Using on-line blogs is designed to enhance the student learning experience, by allowing them to interact with each other outside the classroom. It means that critical student reading is no longer a conversation between lecturer and student, but becomes a class conversation. Using blogs has the further benefit of introducing students to new technologies and enhancing their communication options, an essential leadership skill.