Lego™ Learning: A Scalable Approach to Pedagogy in the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
Rhetoric of Health & Medicine
; 4(4):446-446–474, 2021.
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in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1975256
ABSTRACT
Complex health and medical contexts demand not only responsive, mutable research but also responsive, flexible pedagogies. Arguing for a shift from the dominant conception of pedagogy as a pre-planned, linear scaffold, this article proposes instead an approach—called Lego™ Learning—that re-conceptualizes instructional content as self-standing, short-term units or modules, much like Lego™ bricks. Because such modules have self-contained learning objectives and corresponding tasks, they can be shifted within a course or across courses as-needed. This approach allows rhetoric of health and medicine (RHM) instructional content to respond to, and prepare students for, the ever-changing exigencies and contexts of RHM-related work. It also encourages collaborations across classes, institutions, and other contexts. In this entry, we frame our discussion around four learning outcomes and teaching practices that can be facilitated through this approach, and we provide an extended example of an ongoing cross-institutional partnership that employs Lego™ Learning.
Social Sciences: Comprehensive Works; instructional content; pedagogy; health and medical communication; multiple disciplinarity; cross-institutional collaboration; COVID-19; Teaching; Students; Usability; Classrooms; Collaboration; Technical communication; Educational objectives; Writing instruction; Pandemics; Flexibility; Public health; Coronaviruses
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English
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Rhetoric of Health & Medicine
Year:
2021
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Article
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