Action Learning and Critical Thinking: A Synthesis of Two Models

Autor/inn/en	Soffe, Stephen M.; Marquardt, Michael J.; Hale, Enoch
Titel	Action Learning and Critical Thinking: A Synthesis of Two Models
Quelle	In: Action Learning: Research and Practice, 8 (2011) 3, S.211-230 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7333
DOI	10.1080/14767333.2011.614927
Schlagwörter	Business Administration; Critical Thinking; Ethics; Synthesis; Models; Best Practices; Ethical Instruction; Business Administration Education; Change Strategies; Educational Strategies; Educational Theories; Learning Theories; Social Theories; Transformative Learning; Performance Factors; Educational Needs; Experiential Learning; Theory Practice Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Business economics; Betriebswirtschaft; Kritisches Denken; Ethik; Analogiemodell; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Lösungsstrategie; Lehrstrategie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Gesellschaftstheorie; Pädagogische Transformation; Leistungsindikator; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung
Abstract	Recent scholarship and the news media have identified a lack of critical thinking and ethical behavior in the business world. These deficiencies have led to faulty decision-making, ineffective planning, and frequent organizational dysfunction. This situation has focused attention on both practitioners in the field of business and on the university programs that educate them. A number of upper-tier universities have begun to address these important issues by exploring ways of revising their Master of Business Administration programs to place greater emphasis on their graduates' ability to think critically and consider ethical implications before and after taking action. The authors propose a potential means of addressing these issues in both the business and academic environments through a synthesis of two well-established models based on the constructs of critical thinking and action learning. This synthesis has the potential to produce symbiotic and synergistic effects that may provide educators and practitioners with a new tool for encouraging critical thinking and ethical behavior. The implications for future research and practice are also discussed. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10