Experiential education, or active learning, has been around for many years.
I would like to recommend a couple of seminal works (not including
John
Dewey of course)
1) Kolb, d. A. (1984) Experiential learning, experience as the source of
learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
2) Johnson, D. and R. Johnson. 1990. Cooperative learning and achievement.
Cooperative learning, New York: Praeger Press.
For additional conversations and information about experiential
education see the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential
Learning
<http:www.absel.org>. The current call for papers is October 19. The
conference is in Pensacola, Fl, March 20, 2002.
Dee
At 11:15 AM 10/15/01 +0200, you wrote:
>To those of you who are interested in experiential learning
>environments, I would like to recommend two articles that have been
>published in 'Management Learning':
>
>(1) Poell, R.F., G.E. Chivers, F.J. van der Krogt & D.A. Wildemeersch
>(2000): Learning-network theory. Organizing the dynamic relationship
>between learning and work. Management Learning, 31(1), pp. 25-49.
>
>(2) Araujo, L. (1998): Knowing and learning as networking. Management
>Learning, 29(3), pp. 317-336.
>
>In my opinion, pedagogical approaches that relate to networked learning
>environments seem most appropriate for the underpinning of an MBA
>program. Management must be learnt both as a 'science' as well as an
>'art'. This means that a part of what should be learned in an MBA
>program has to be de-contextualized, while other parts relate to
>learning within relevant contexts (workplace learning, but also
>simulations).
>
>The complex pedagogical questions management education (as a
>ill-structured epistemological domain) invokes, urge management
>educators and business schools to fundamentally think about 'how to
>educate (future) managers best'. Some hail action learning as the proper
>pedagogical fundament, some action reflection learning, some an
>'enterprising approach' to management education, some plea for networked
>learning environments. Perhaps every business school should have a
>department of management learning.
>
>Enjoying the discussions,
>
>Lars Moratis
>Rotterdam School of Management
>
lmoratis@fbk.eur.nl
>
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