Integrative Team Teaching: Going against the tide at the U.S. Naval War College

Team Teaching, Student Learning, Collaboration

This session describes an integrative approach to team teaching driven by role-definition based on Kolb’s experiential learning model, an approach that differs from our institution’s co-facilitation paradigm. Leveraging our respective expertise, one instructor enables Concrete Experience (CE) and Abstract Conceptualization (AC); while the other enables Reflective Observation (RO) and Active Experimentation (AE). Together, we synergistically ensure the connective thread for each learning element throughout every class lesson in order to achieve higher levels of student learning and development. Conference participants interested in team teaching will have the opportunity to consider how they might apply this approach in their teaching collaborations.

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