Exploring Features of Integrative Teaching through a Microanalysis of Connection-Making Processes in a Health Sciences Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Hooper, Barbara R.; Greene, David; Sample, Pat L.
Titel	Exploring Features of Integrative Teaching through a Microanalysis of Connection-Making Processes in a Health Sciences Curriculum
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 19 (2014) 4, S.469-495 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1007/s10459-013-9481-5
Schlagwörter	Health Sciences; College Curriculum; Integrated Curriculum; Qualitative Research; Ethnography; College Faculty; Observation; Taxonomy; College Instruction; Educational Philosophy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Ethnografie; Fakultät; Beobachtung; Taxonomie; Hochschullehre; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie
Abstract	The interconnected nature of knowledge in the health sciences is not always reflected in how curricula, courses, and learning activities are designed. Thus have scholars advocated for more explicit attention to connection-making, or integration, in teaching and learning. However, conceptual and empirical work to guide such efforts is limited. This study analyzed classroom processes to determine "what" connections educators promoted in their classrooms and "how" those connections were made. A qualitative, focused ethnography design explored connection-making in a health science curriculum. Eight instructors were observed during ten class sessions resulting in 35 h of video data. Video data were entered into the observational software, Noldus Observer, and coded using continuous sampling. Frequency and duration of connections made were calculated in Noldus. Connection-making involved four interactive elements: The "topic" under direct consideration, other "domains" of professional knowledge (practice, student experience, research, theory, other content, core construct of the profession, external influences, metacognition), the "integrative processes" instructors used to connect a topic to other knowledge domains (informal example, stories, questioning, linking statements, formal cases, and program descriptions), and the "learning and instructor context" (type and purpose of course, instructor personal and professional experience). These elements are presented as an initial integrative learning taxonomy that can be used to guide explicit attention to connection-making in education and research. (As Provided).
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