1st Edition

Integrative Learning International research and practice

336 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Current teaching, learning and assessment practices can lead students to believe that courses within a programme are self-sufficient and separate. Integrative Learning explores this issue, and considers how intentional learning helps students become integrative thinkers who can see connections in seemingly disparate information, and draw on a wide range of knowledge to make decisions.... Read more

List of illustrations

Editors Biographies

Contributors Biographies

Dedication

Introduction

DANIEL BLACKSHIELDS, JAMES CRONIN, BETTIE HIGGS, SHANE KILCOMMINS, MARIAN MCCARTHY &ANTHONY RYAN

1 Integrative learning in U.S. education: where we’ve been; where we're going

MARY HUBER

2 Integrative learning for creative teaching: planning eportfolios for academic development in higher education

BELINDA ALLEN

3 Problem-based learning as an integrative approach for cultivating person centredness and empathy in higher education

TERRY BARRETT & CORINA NAUGHTON

4 Integrative learning in a campaigns and elections class

JEFFREY L. BERNSTEIN, HAILEY HUCKESTEIN & STEVE MIKULIC

5 Yes and…cultivating the art of conversation through improvisational classroom experiences

DANIEL BLACKSHIELDS

6 The learning journey – learning agreements as road maps to integrative learning

MARY CREANER & JANE CREANER-GLEN

7 Silence as presence: integrating meta-cognitive practices in visual studies

JAMES G.R. CRONIN

8 Making connections: the use of ethnographic fieldwork to facilitate a model of integrative learning

MICHELLE FINNERTY

9 Integrative learning: the first year seminar

BETTIE HIGGS

10 Developing the Self in Economics: The Role of Developmental Space in an Integrated Undergraduate Education

ELLA KAVANAGH & ASSUMPTA O’KANE

11 Capstone modules as a vehicle for integrative learning

SHANE KILCOMMINS

12 Integrated team teaching and learning frameworks: developing applied learning environments for teacher professional development

ANNE MANGAN & MARTIN FITZGERALD

13 The drama workshop as a catalyst for integrative learning

KATE MCCARTHY

14 The course portfolio model as a catalyst for integrative learning

MARIAN MCCARTHY

15 Interdisciplinary science: integrative learning in first year undergraduate science

EILISH MCLOUGHLIN & ODILLA E. FINLAYSON

16 Learning beyond cognition - embodying integration from seminar to the stage

JACK MINO & PAT SANDOVAL

17 Building Bridges to Learning Communities

GEOFF MUNNS

18 Digital humanities and integrative learning

JULIANNE NYHAN, SIMON MAHONY & MELISSA TERRAS

19 Embedding integrative learning in community based research

CATHERINE O’ MAHONY

20 Learning by doing: a practicum for head and neck cancer prevention

ELEANOR O’SULLIVAN

21 Situating integrative learning in medical education through a communities of practice lens

AISLINN JOY & ANTHONY RYAN

22 Joining the dots: the c.v. as an integrative learning

AILEEN WATERMAN

Conclusion: The Significance of Disrupting Ourselves

DANIEL BLACKSHIELDS, JAMES CRONIN, BETTIE HIGGS, SHANE KILCOMMINS, MARIAN MCCARTHY &ANTHONY RYAN

Index

Biography

Daniel Blackshields is a Lecturer in the School of Economics and Teaching Fellow for Reflective Practice in University College Cork.

James G. R. Cronin is a learning resources officer and program co-ordinator in the School of History and Adult Continuing Education, University College Cork.

Bettie Higgs is a Senior Lecturer in Geology, and Co-Director of Ionad Bairre, The Teaching and Learning Centre, University College Cork.

Shane Kilcommins is a Professor of Law at University of Limerick.

Marian McCarthy is Co-Director of Ionad Bairre, The Teaching and Learning Centre in University College Cork.

Anthony Ryan is a Consultant Neonatologist at Cork University Maternity Hospital, HSE, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health at University College Cork.