TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING THROUGH CASE STUDIES: AN INSIGHT USING KOLB’S LEARNING THEORY.
Abstract
Higher educational institutions are always under pressure to improve their quality of education to enhance employability among students. This is more when it comes to institutions offering business management courses. Experiential learning is the buzzword today. In simple terms it means “learning by doing”. This is all about providing learning through experience, reflection and analysis. The objectives of the study include an understanding of the experiential learning, various methods of experiential learning and an insight into the transformative skills that the students gather through the process. This study makes use of secondary data and the personal experience of the authors to compile and collate the data. Certain reports like the GMAC survey report and Wheel box Skills India Report has been used to showcase the important management skills required by the students in future. This article is an effort to explore the importance of experiential learning in management education. It delves into various methods of experiential learning. It discusses the experiential learning methods at an abstract level. Notable among these methods include- case study, mini projects, practicum, internships and student exchange programs. This article also has a section that provides a comprehensive view on case study analysis using Kolb’s learning theory. It also tries to bring out various skills that students develop while engaging through case studies.
Keyword : Experiential Learning, case study, Kolb’s learning Cycle , skill development, transformative learning.
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