Not more learning logs! A research based perspective on teaching reflective learning within HR professional education

Autor: Rick Holden, Vivienne Griggs
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Human Resource Development International. 14:483-491
ISSN: 1469-8374
1367-8868
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2011.601596
Popis: The challenges of teaching reflective learning, whilst not peculiar to the HR profession, assume a poignancy given HR's claim to be the natural custodians of ‘all things learning’. The paper discusses the impact of attempts to enhance the reflective learning curriculum within one professional HR programme. Tensions in terms of the positioning of reflective learning within a predominantly functionalist management curriculum can, in part, be ameliorated. Developing a capability amongst students for reflective dialogue and careful construction of assessment work, for example, can enhance engagement with reflective learning rather than simply ‘knowing’ about it. More problematic is impact beyond the classroom. Research revealed ambivalence in respect of transfer and significance beyond the specifics of the professional programme. HR graduates need a capability that extends beyond individual reflective learning and into creating and supporting reflective learning in organizations. Herein lies the distinctive a...
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