reframe, refocus, reflect: a model for student engagement and civic learning (integrative learning...
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Holistic Innovative Transformative Engaging Making a difference Changing a life INTEGRATIVE LEARNING APPROACHTRANSCRIPT
Reframe, Refocus, Reflect:A Model for Student Engagement and Civic Learning
(Integrative Learning Approach)
Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy 2016Richard Bay, Courtney Ross, Laura Vernon, Erin Webster-Garrett
Radford University
• Introduce the “integrative learning” approach
• Introduce Radford University’s “Scholar-Citizen Initiative” (SCI) as an example of integrative learning
• Present three case studies of SCI in action
• Help you brainstorm ideas for your own integrative learning experiences
PURPOSE OF THIS PRACTICE SESSION
• Holistic
• Innovative
• Transformative
• Engaging
• Making a difference
• Changing a life
INTEGRATIVE LEARNING APPROACH
WHAT INTEGRATIVE LEARNING LOOKS LIKE AT
RADFORD UNIVERSITY
SCHOLAR-CITIZEN INITIATIVE
The Scholar-Citizen Initiative:• Reinforces the point that learning is a
process, not a product
• Accepts failure as an option
• Promotes healthy change and provides an opportunity to try something new
• Promotes interdisciplinary collaborations
• Fits a teaching culture of strong student-faculty interactions
• Opens new avenues for research and scholarship
• Is flexible and scalable
• Evolves (gets better over time)
WHY THIS APPROACH WORKS FOR RU AND WHY IT MAY WORK FOR YOU
• Elementary Arts Interventions (Making Up for What’s Missing)
• https://vimeo.com/81043458
• The double-edged sword
ARTEDUCATION
• Peace in Action: Transforming Conflict and Building Peace through Civic Engagement
T To what extent is peace possible?
What can I do to make
peace possible?
PEACE STUDIES
• Grammar Unwrapped
• Community served– RU Learning Assistance and
Resource Center (LARC)– RU students, staff, and faculty
• Partners– LARC– Graphic design students in the
Art Department
• Deliverables– Instructional Video– Handout– Bookmark– Poster– Workshop
ENGLISH
• Brainstorm as many ideas as you can for 3 minutes
• Capture your ideas on the “Evolving Model” worksheet
YOUR TURN: INDIVIDUAL
• Share your ideas as a small group for 10 minutes
• Capture new ideas on your “Evolving Model” worksheet
YOUR TURN:SMALL GROUP
• Share your ideas as a whole group for 15 minutes
• Capture new ideas on your “Evolving Model” worksheet
YOUR TURN: WHOLE GROUP
• Scholar-Citizen Initiativehttp://www.radford.edu/content/scholar-citizen/home.html
• Richard Bay, Art Education [email protected]
• Courtney Ross, Peace [email protected]
• Laura Vernon, [email protected]
• Erin Webster-Garrett, SCI [email protected]
THANK YOU!