Visual language and reasoning within interdisciplinary dialogue: lessons from SRHE scoping study for interprofessional education to support collaborative practice

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Abstract

This paper reports on the interdisciplinary methodology that facilitated an SRHE funded scoping study on Interprofessional Education to Support Collaborative Practice particularly the use made of visuals to stimulate discussion and clarify analysis. Interview extracts illustrate where visuals enabled metaphoric comparison and diagrammatic reasoning to build a common understanding across differing disciplinary backgrounds and professional perspectives. Because visual language research occurs in several different communities, largely
unaware of each other, visual reasoning races ahead within cognitive sciences and computer design whilst remaining undertapped and undervalued in the humanities and social sciences. This paper addresses the conference theme of conceptual convergence by looking back to draw on linguistic philosophy on the role of metaphor in thought, looking across disciplines to sharpen the terminology used to analyse visual reasoning and looking forward to apply these insights to learning and teaching strategies for graduate preparedness for
interprofessional working.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 9 Dec 2015
EventSociety for research into higher education annual research conference - Newport, United Kingdom
Duration: 9 Dec 201511 Dec 2015

Conference

ConferenceSociety for research into higher education annual research conference
Abbreviated titleSRHE
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityNewport
Period9/12/1511/12/15

Keywords

  • Research
  • Learning and teaching
  • Visual language
  • Interdisciplinary dialogue
  • Collaborative practice

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