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: Program, a newly developed inte- grated learning community, in

five first-year coe —

: incoming ae freshmen will become part of UPEI’s First Year Advantage © develop a cohesion between cours- es. September 2001. The professors of

‘Integrated Learning at UPEI

Dr. Smith, speaking of his

‘interest in the concept of learning

communities, related his desire to

“Too often,” he said, “stu- dents graduate more with a sense of having taken 40 separate courses

than with a sense of introduction to, rse and exploration of, the ways of - knowing.” .

- Smith sees the program as a

way to assist students to make con- ctions between the courses, such

as in the a areas of critical thinking,

l le Another

ade. between

_ shudentss and their py within

me community. tacks ‘especially i impor-

ne which students’ lives are pulled in

| ing in ‘all kinds of ways (academi- aly socially and others).”

- _ Innes-Parker added that, - “some [courses] will be fairly | closely linked while in other cases | the links will be primarily the [stu- | dents and instructors] rather than | assignments.”

to many different directions. Students — ink- who see themselves as part of the university community are more

likely to identify themselves as stu- dents, more likely to invest more energy in thinking about and work- ing on their courses, and more like- ly to persist in university through graduation.” 2

faculty, “ar tant in a commuter campus in

When asked about further pro-

grams which might come out of this one, if successful, Innes-Parker asserted, “The possibilities are end-

less!” Other courses, whether

loosely related or highly integrated,

could be linked, and other disci-

plines could have core courses

united in a similar fashion, she pro-

jected.

When asked about learning communities within the Science faculties, Dean Roger Gordon explained that, “It’s possible. It’s not something we’ve given any thought to for the moment.”

“We could certainly take a look at it in some of our programs,” he said, citing biology and chem- istry where courses, as in the Arts

e all over the place.” — “We would follow with interest,” he concluded. _ A third year History major,

after reading the promotional posters in the English Department,

commented that, “this is a good ini- tiative. I’m excited to see how it will develop in the future.” She pointed out, however, the notewor- thy exclusion of history within the

package.

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