John Dewey and Continuing Management Education: Problem-Based Learning for Organizational Sustainability

Autor/inn/en	Thomassen, Anja Overgaard; Jørgensen, Kenneth Mølbjerg
Titel	John Dewey and Continuing Management Education: Problem-Based Learning for Organizational Sustainability
Quelle	In: Journal of Workplace Learning, 33 (2021) 3, S.229-242 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5626
DOI	10.1108/JWL-05-2020-0080
Schlagwörter	Continuing Education; Administrator Education; Sustainability; Problem Based Learning; Experience; Inquiry; Reflection; Foreign Countries; Masters Programs; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weiterbildung; Nachhaltigkeit; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Erfahrung; Ausland; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Dänemark
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss how Dewey's notions of experience, inquiry and reflection can increase managers' capacity to cope with sustainability transitions. Design/methodology/approach: Problem-based learning is discussed as an approach for enabling sustainable management learning. Dewey's concepts of experience, inquiry and reflection are used to conceptualize learning as an iterative "self-corrective" learning process toward sustainability. Two public managers' experiences of a personal development module in a management education program are used to discuss how Dewey's concepts work to integrate practice and theory. Findings: Dewey's problem-based learning framework has the potential to increase managers' capability to cope with complex and multifaceted challenges such as sustainability because of its focus on problem-solving. Practical implications: Management is a social practice. Management education can support management learning if management is perceived as a practice. Originality/value: Sustainable management learning is presented as an iterative and gradual learning process aimed toward settled inquiry that emerges when sustainable solutions work satisfactory in relation to the multiple and contradictory forces, which are in play in real-life situations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01