Dee Fink – Creating Significant Learning Experiences

A TAXONOMY OF SIGNIFICANT LEARNING

Foundational Knowledge

• "Understand and remember" learning

For example: facts, terms, formulae, concepts, principles, etc.

Application

Thinking: critical, creative, practical (problem-solving, decision-making)

Other skills

For example: communication, technology, foreign language

Managing complex projects

Integration

Making "connections" (i.e., finding similarities or interactions) . . .

Among: ideas, subjects, people

Human Dimensions

Learning about and changing one's SELF

Understanding and interacting with OTHERS

Caring

Identifying/changing one's feelings, interests, values

Learning How to Learn

Becoming a better student

Learning how to ask and answer questions

Becoming a self-directed learner

Dee Fink – Creating Significant Learning Experiences

Karl A Smith

2018-05-13

Karl Smith

University of Minnesota