Taking a Collaborative Approach to Our Students’ Research in Education Settings

In the United Kingdom (U.K.), all students who are studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree need to complete a piece of independent research in order to gain their “honours” (U.S. “honors”) status. As a university faculty we have very specific ideas about the purpose of this research and the positive impact that we hope that it will have upon the U.K. settings (mainly schools and kindergartens) in which it is carried out, which we discuss in this article. Although our approach would appear successful, this judgement has so far been based upon the evidence of the final, summative project alone. Obtaining a small amount of funding from the university for students to act as co-researchers provided the ideal opportunity to explore the topic further by collecting empirical data from students and settings. Because our original plans for data collection were disrupted by COVID-19, we gained responses through an anonymous survey which enabled frank responses from both students and staff in settings. Although the data collected was, overall, encouraging, it did raise some issues for us, as faculty tutors, to consider. These include the way that we convey the importance of students carrying out their projects independently (that is, without university supervisor intervention) to settings themselves, and how we ensure that the students collaborate with settings at all stages of the project

Life and liberty

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Lovest thou me?

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Dynamic yet deficient

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The Salvation Army corps officer: A territorial survey of vocational preparation, role, efficacy, and ministry satisfaction

Officers of the Salvation Army (SA or Army) are Protestant clergy, ordained ministers of the Salvation Army denomination who function in a broad range of leadership roles. Operations of the SA are supervised by trained, commissioned officers. Officers proclaim the gospel and serve as pastors, administrators, teachers, social workers, counselors, youth leaders, and musicians. SA corps officership is a ministry call to care for the lost, marginalized, exploited, and neglected in society. Congregants and the larger community might have divergent expectations and define ministry effectiveness differently. Like other evangelical clergy, the SA officer is called to be biblically faithful and culturally relevant. This study focused specific attention on SA corps officers in the USA Eastern Territory. This quantitative study examined corps officers\u27 perceptions of training and preparation, support by supervising officers, ministry roles, and leadership styles relative to corps officer satisfaction, efficacy, aspirations, and longevity. More than half (420) of the 728 SA corps officers in the USA Eastern Territory completed the SAVED survey instrument. Results indicate corps officers\u27 perceptions of administrative support, administrative competency, and adequate training, and preparation all correlate significantly with satisfaction and efficacy. Based on these findings, the greatest predictor of corps officers\u27 satisfaction and sense of efficacy is the corps officers\u27 perception of administrative support from the divisional leadership

I will give you another Comforter

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