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Engagement in learning: Innovative teaching for midwifery students in a workshop on sexual violence

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Background The pedagogical framework used consists of four types of engagement: Interactive, Constructive, Active, and Passive (ICAP) . ICAP may boost students’ learning and participation in constructing knowledge. Innovations To illustrate the application of the ICAP framework in teaching students about sexual violence, we selected a relevant case study on sexual violence and demonstrated how a teaching session was guided by ICAP. Implications We present a workshop about rape, "The Grey Zone." The workshop consisted of students attending a lecture, reading an article, underlining significant sentences, and writing a summary of the article. The teacher scaffolded students’ understanding of gender theories based on patriarchy and concepts of agency. In a group session, students compared their summaries and created one descriptor of these summaries, which were further discussed in the classroom. Conclusion The ICAP taxonomy is innovative and focuses on interaction with students. The highest level of engagement—the interactive mode—can be reached when the students in a dynamic co-interaction group session expand on each other’s knowledge and knowledge production, increasing student motivation, learning, and empowerment.

Source: Teaching and learning in nursing

DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2025.04.004

Authors: Monica Christianson, Maria Lindqvist

Institution: Umeå University

Language: English

Topic: Innovations in Medical Education

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Gender equality

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,700