Exposing practical, psychological and pedagogical shadow sides of experiential learning
Abstract
This paper is based first-person experience with Experiential Learning (EL) practices in an undergraduate introductory management course. We consider how a challenging EL activity, based on volunteering during recovery from a catastrophic flood event, exposed three shadow sides of EL. These shadow sides of EL, that often remain hidden to educators, are practical, psychological and pedagogical. We provide a characterisation of each of these shadow sides and outline strategies for managing them. We also discuss the general applicability of our insights, including tentative theoretical extensions to Kolb’s (1984) EL theory. We conclude by considering the potential for the shadow sides of EL to emerge in circumstances that are less confronting and extreme than those encountered by our students.
Citation
Wright , A , Hibbert , P C , Strong , R & Edwards , M 2018 , ' Exposing practical, psychological and pedagogical shadow sides of experiential learning ' , Journal of Management Education , vol. 42 , no. 6 , pp. 761-771 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562918802327
Publication
Journal of Management Education
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1052-5629Type
Journal article
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