Coffee+Cluster

As a follow-up to Dr. Heie’s presentation on //integrative questions//, four faculty and Doug Henning gathered to discuss his presentation over coffee and pastries on February 9, 2009. The four faculty were Yorton Clark, Barth Smith, Lori Niles, and Judy Dunham.
 * Coffee Cluster[[image:coffeecup.jpg align="left"]] **

Rodney Birch sent an integrative question for library services in an e-mail: Yorton Clark presented the following question for an introductory business course: He said that ethics should be a key center to the approach to business and that the entire  MBA curriculum is based on ethics.
 * What is the ethical implication of the acquisition and use of information and information systems?
 * Why should you study management? (Introductory question) Maturity question.

Barth Smith offered this question: >   The group agreed that integrative questions should be posed thoughout a course of study, and Lori compared integrative questiosn to essential questions. Doug Henning said that all aspects of a person's being influence the other – psychological, social, spiritual, biological.
 * Why study the Bible?

The group suggested that integrative questions could be an organizing structure for curriculum development. They suggested a three-tiered model: > In issues of faith and learning, faith adds a depth of value. Lori mentioned that the new outcomes integrate faith and learning.
 * 1)  Curricular Structure
 * 1)  Course structure
 * 2)  Daily lessons level

