ISBN:
9789400728462
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (VIII, 247p. 29 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Advances in Business Education and Training 4
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
Keywords:
Curriculum planning
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Education, Higher
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Education
;
Education
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Curriculum planning
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Education, Higher
;
Lerntechnik
Abstract:
Richard G. Milter
Abstract:
Core concepts in education are changing. For example, professional performance or expertise is not uniquely the fruit of specialist knowledge acquired at professional schools, but the sum of influences exerted by a complex web of continuous learning opportunities for which an individual is well (or ill) prepared by their schools and their workplace. The key contributory factors to professional expertise are how professional schools connect to professional practice, how schools prepare graduates for continuous learning, and how the workplace endorses continuous development. Thus, the question this volume addresses - how to design learning and working environments that facilitate the integration of these three elements - is at the heart of contemporary pedagogical theory. The authors also ask a second vital question: how do we educate learners that go on to maximize their life's learning opportunities by regulating their own ongoing learning? Learning at the Crossroads of Theory and Practice argues that with the theory of learning at a crossroads, this is an unprecedented opportunity for learning about learning. The book sheds light on different elements of this challenge: integrating theory and practice in business education, generating and fully exploiting workplace learning opportunities, and enriching our classrooms by coupling theoretical knowledge with the richness of real-life experience.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Contents; Chapter1 Learning at the Crossroads of Theory and Practice: An Overview; Chapter Overview; Part 1. Integrating Theory and Practice in Business Education; Part 2. Workplace Learning; Part 3. Classroom Enrichment; Part 4. Bridging the Gap; References; Part I Integrating Theory and Practice inBusiness Education; Chapter 2Enhancing the Academic Internship LearningExperience for Business Education-A CriticalReview and Future Directions; Introduction; A Literature Review: The Functions of an Internshipfor Students, Companies, and Business Schools
Description / Table of Contents:
Academic Internships Prepare Business Studentsfor the Labor MarketCompanies are Looking for Future Employees; Business Schools Improve Their Curriculum; A Need for Integration of Expectations and Supportfor Internship Supervision at a Distance; Method; Results; Students Ask for High-Quality Internships; Companies Receive First Choice of Best Students; Business Schools Want to Facilitate the AcademicInternship Experience; Collaboration Between the Three Stakeholders; Discussion; Limitations and Future Research; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 3Combining Formal and Non-formal Learningfor Undergraduate Management StudentsBased in LondonPurpose and Background; The Module Structure and Theoretical Underpinning; The Process of Evaluation and Redesign; Issues Identified; Implications for Innovation and Practice; References; Chapter 4Work-Based Learning VersusWork-RelatedLearning-An Exploration of the PossibilitiesofWork-Related Learning Through a Reviewof the Venture Matrix at Sheffield HallamUniversity, UK; Introduction; Work-Related and Work-Based Learning; The Venture Matrix
Description / Table of Contents:
Evaluation of the Student Experience of Venture MatrixDiscussion; Conclusion; Appendix; References; Part II Workplace Learning; Chapter 5What Keeps Low- and High-QualifiedWorkersCompetitive: Exploring the Influence of JobCharacteristics and Self-Directed LearningOrientation onWork-Related Learning; Introduction; Job Characteristics and Work-Related Learning; A Self-directed Learning Orientation and Work-Related Learning; Present Lacunae Regarding the Active Learning Hypothesis; Research Questions; Method; Measures; Analyses; Results; Respondents; Descriptives
Description / Table of Contents:
Predictors of Work-Related LearningRespondents; Descriptives; Predictors of Work-Related Learning; Conclusions; Discussion Results; Limitations; Implications for the Practice of Workplace Learning both in Education and at Work; References; Chapter 6The Use of Personal Development Plans(PDPs) in Organizations and the Roleof Its Perceived Purpose; Introduction; Theoretical Background; What is a PDP?; An Example from Practice; Striving for Various Purposes; Supporting Conditions; Supporting Conditions Related to the Employee; Supporting Conditions Related to the Assessment Context
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Research Question
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Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-2846-2
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