A Student-Driven Approach to Teaching Business Courses

DOI

10.2991/cetcu-17.2017.62How to use a DOI?

Keywords

student-driven;agile approach; reflective cycle of learning;business courses

Abstract

This paper describes an approach to teaching business courses using bilingual languages at a bachelor level that is entirely coursework assessed. The approach involves students giving presentations of material they have researched based on fairly detailed subject guidance provided by the lecturer. The approach uses student-driven approach for the structuring of the content and the process through which learning takes place. The way in which subject material is presented to the students, and the learning cycle which takes place are described. Students develop presentation material in response to stories, which set the context and problems, and tasks which set the detailed areas for investigation. These presentations are done for small groups and the tutor is immediately commented on, leading to the revision of presentation material to appear in an assessed portfolio. The agile approach leads to the discovery of new ideas and frameworks by students, and to the development of skills in critically analyzing concepts.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Qiong Shao
AU  - Fang Wang
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TI  - A Student-Driven Approach to Teaching Business Courses
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 3rd Conference on Education and Teaching in Colleges and Universities (CETCU 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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