scholarly journals An Experiential Learning Approach To Teaching Social Entrepreneurship, Triple Bottom Line, And Sustainability: Modifying And Extending Practical Organizational Behavior Education (PROBE)

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Gundlach ◽  
Suzanne Zivnuska
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Private University ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Broad Variety

When teaching social entrepreneurship and sustainability, using an experiential learning approach can be more effective than a traditional lecture approach.  Social and environmental entrepreneurs often have a deep passion for their work that is important for students to develop early in their careers.  Experiential learning enables students to create and experience this passion for themselves, thereby preparing them with the motivational and emotional resources they may need to be successful in the future.  We introduce Practical Organizational Behavior Education (PROBE) as one way of helping students develop this passion.  PROBE was originally developed as a service-learning project for an undergraduate course in organizational behavior at a very small, private university.  However, in this manuscript, we show how PROBE can be modified and extended to effectively teach business students about triple bottom line concepts, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship at the undergraduate and MBA levels within a large, public university system.  We provide practical suggestions for instructors interested in implementing this approach in a broad variety of settings.

scholarly journals Experiential Learning in MPA Programs: A Case for Complementarity between Internship and Service Learning Requirements

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (01) ◽  
pp. 132-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
John David Gerlach ◽  
Tyler P. Reinagel
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Community Benefit ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Additional Exposure

ABSTRACTExperiential learning is a growing practice in higher education today. Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs use experiential learning to expose students to application and reinforcement of academic theories and concepts. This most often is accomplished through a required internship. This article argues for the addition of service learning requirements to MPA curricula. A complementary relationship between internship and service learning requirements yields four primary benefits: (1) further involvement of pre-service and in-service students in experiential-learning activities; (2) additional exposure to real-life application of course concepts; (3) better and more targeted classroom reinforcement mechanisms; and (4) additional community benefit. Complementarity between internship and service learning requirements allows the best of each experiential-learning approach to augment the other. We contend that this produces better-prepared MPA graduates by exposing them to a more diverse set of immersive learning opportunities and application scenarios.

scholarly journals Experiential Learning for Supporting Learning Effectiveness in Business Education: A Case Study from Egypt

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randa El Bedawy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Business Simulation

Higher education plays a crucial role for developing responsible citizens and accordingly a key priority for educators should be how to prepare their students for contributing to society development. Traditional teaching methods have been insufficient to realize these aims and experiential learning has been recommended for supporting learning effectiveness in higher education as experiential learning plays a crucial role to complement the required capabilities. In business education,experiential learning has focused on the simulation of real world business practices. As experiential learning is a relatively new educational practical approach in Egypt, this study sheds the light on the rational process of experiential learning as well as the study aims to evaluate the benefits and obstacles that educators may face when implementing an experiential approach. The case study presents an experiential learning model based on a business simulation, reflecting its effectiveness to develop students’ learning process and learning outcome. Using qualitative analysis, the study investigates the responses of diverse undergraduate student teams to a business simulation as a new experiential learning approach. The study recommends that experiential learning approach has proven useful for supporting the business students’ effective learning.

Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Social Entrepreneurship Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 251512742110404
Author(s):  
Jill Kickul ◽  
Paulami Mitra ◽  
Rasheda L. Weaver ◽  
Jacqueline Orr ◽  
Christoph Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Guest Editorial ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Editorial Special Issue

Our key intention through this special issue in social entrepreneurship education is to capture the best practices in pedagogy and research within this growing field of social entrepreneurship and also to push boundaries and question the taken-for-granted assumptions in this discipline. Therefore, two contributions chosen for this issue advocate the importance of a service learning approach to enhance students’ learning experience beyond the classroom. The other two contributions address the need to challenge assumptions of social entrepreneurship, thus improving students’ practical and theoretical knowledge of the field.

scholarly journals Features of Engaging and Empowering Experiential Learning Programs for College Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-16
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Perrin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Private University ◽  
Private College ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Learning Programs

This study describes three collegiate programs that have a high interest in creating engaging learning environments outside of the classroom. The three settings in this study are a three-year degree granting college focusing on internship-based learning, a nationally recognized service-learning program at a private university, and a small private college emphasizing work and service. Research was guided by two exploratory questions: (1) How can students, faculty, administrators, and community partners’ work together to create engaging learning experiences? (2) How can students feel empowered through experiential learning programs? Three themes emerged as important aspects of experiential programs that foster engagement and empowerment: learner autonomy, accountability, and peer support. These features are discussed and presented as important components to experiential learning programs.

Community Involvement and Benefits From an International Service Learning Program

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 5-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lata A. Krishnan ◽  
Christi Masters ◽  
Jennifer M. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Short Term ◽  
International Service Learning ◽  
International Service ◽  
Short Term Study ◽  
Service Activities ◽  
Study Abroad Program

Service learning (SL) is a form of experiential learning in which students are involved in community service activities that are related to academic course objectives. A key aspect that separates SL from other forms of experiential learning is the mutually beneficial nature of the service activities. Much of the SL and international SL (ISL) literature has focused on positive learning outcomes for students, with much less focus on the benefits of SL to the community. Speech, Language, and Hearing Services (SLHS) in Zambia is an intensive SL short-term study abroad program. This paper describes the benefits to the community via the SLHS in Zambia program.

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