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- Title
Experiential Learning to Enhance Work Skills, Empathy and Entrepreneurship in Business Schools.
- Authors
George, Manju P.
- Abstract
The characteristics of the Y generation students in business schools necessitates the implementation of teaching strategies that engage and foster experiential learning. This article describes a four day long experiential learning project that was employed among students pursuing their regular management programme in PSG Institute of Management, one of the leading B Schools in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The primary purpose of the activity was to create social consciousness among students and to raise their level of understanding the world of the everyday worker. The paper presents case studies that capture the experience students had and their response to this innovative teaching / learning endeavor. The results revealed that 88 percent of the students had positive attitudes towards the experiential learning project and that they developed work skills, empathy for workers and knowledge of entrepreneurial processes.
- Subjects
EXPERIENTIAL learning; JOB skills; ENTREPRENEURSHIP education; BUSINESS students; BUSINESS education; BUSINESS schools; MILLENNIALS
- Publication
Journal of Contemporary Research in Management, 2015, Vol 10, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0973-9785
- Publication type
Article