
doi: 10.64010/qlat9038
For decades, educators and accreditation bodies have used Bloom’s (1956) taxonomy of educational objectives to design and assess instruction. An alternative, Fink’s (2013) significant learning taxonomy, may be preferable for some purposes. The SLT goes beyond Bloom’s taxonomy and encourages instructors to incorporate new learning dimensions into a course. The SLT is simpler, more accessible, and especially effective at incorporating ethics. For typical instructors who must balance teaching with research and service, the SLT is a proven and accessible route to improved learning. This paper reviews the purpose of learning taxonomies, summarizes the comparative advantages of the SLT, and describes the SLT dimensions with examples from accounting that can be adapted to other disciplines. Assessment and lessons-learned are also discussed. It is not an “either-or” proposition, however. Both the SLT and the revised Bloom framework can add value, in different ways, to instructional design and assessment.
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