Narrowing the Gap Between the Academy and the Worlds of Work
Document identifier: oai:dalea.du.se:1953
Keyword: Higher education,
Educational practice,
Action oriented education,
Reflective educationPublication year: 2005Relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
The SDG label(s) above have been assigned by OSDG.aiAbstract: There is a need to improve teaching and learning methods in higher education. Firstly, knowledge is narrative and discoursive and has to be treated as such. Secondly, universities are expected to play a more pronounced role in the economic development of society.
The context of this paper is the growing number of students and adult learners in universities who lack the educational training and background that is taken for granted in conventional teaching and learning methods, and, secondly, the ideas and outlines of an action oriented and reflective educational practice that has its roots in American pragmatism.
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Bertil Olsson
Högskolan Dalarna; Företagsekonomi
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title: Narrowing the Gap Between the Academy and the Worlds of Work
abstract: There is a need to improve teaching and learning methods in higher education. Firstly knowledge is narrative and discoursive and has to be treated as such. Secondly universities are expected to play a more pronounced role in the economic development of society. \nThe context of this paper is the growing number of students and adult learners in universities who lack the educational training and background that is taken for granted in conventional teaching and learning methods and secondly the ideas and outlines of an action oriented and reflective educational practice that has its roots in American pragmatism.
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Företagsekonomi
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