Dee Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning

• Foundational Knowledge - Understanding and remembering information and ideas.
  
  • Students will recognize and understand legal terminology.
  • Acquire in-depth knowledge of key concepts of virology.


• Application - Skills; critical, creative, and practical thinking; managing projects.
  
  • Students will be able to compare and contrast opposing legal principles, choose a position and defend it.
  • Students  will demonstrate teamwork in preparing a complex project.


• Integration - Connecting ideas, people, realms of life. 
  • Students will be able to apply legal principles to the accounting field.
  • Assess the contributions of virology to advances in science and medicine.


• Human Dimension - Learning about oneself, others.
  
  • Students use reflection and team feedback to identify areas where they have strengths and areas that need improvement.
  • Value the group learning environment.


• Caring - Developing new feelings, interests, values.
  
  • Students will want to apply legal and ethical knowledge to life events.
  • Understand the impact of viral disease on individuals and populations.


• Learning How to Learn - Becoming a better student; inquiring about a subject; self-directing learners.
  
  • Students will be able to do reasearch to assess and apply court cases to legal issues.
  • Learn to think as a scientist.

WHAT IS '''SIGNIFICANT LEARNING"? by Dr. L. Dee Fink