The beautiful risk of participatory education: An empirical example of teaching strong sustainability

IF 2.8 3区管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT

Management Learning Pub Date : 2024-06-24 DOI:10.1177/13505076241258685

Gabriella Kiss, Alexandra Köves, Gábor Király

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Abstract

The grand challenges of our times are seriously interlinked: ecological crises cannot be tackled separately from social problems. In the strong sustainability approach, a good life for all must be achieved within ecological boundaries. To respect the planetary boundaries, it is required to provide critiques for the current economic, social and political order and suggest concrete actions that may lead to strong sustainability transformation. Business schools must address these challenges and provide solutions through educational content and innovative teaching methods. In this article, we argue that participatory education is the appropriate tool to teach strong sustainability in business schools. Building on Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy and Gert Biesta’s participatory education theories, we developed a theoretical framework to understand how these theories can strengthen strong sustainability education. Using the analytical framework, we explore the risks of participatory education in our Degrowth course and bring empirical examples of its impacts on students by analysing the reflection articles of 37 students. According to our findings, this particular type of education creates both positive emotions, like enjoyment and enthusiasm, and negative ones, like anxiety and helplessness.

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参与式教育的美丽风险：强可持续性教学的经验范例

我们这个时代所面临的巨大挑战是严重相互关联的：生态危机不能与社会问题分开解决。在强有力的可持续性方法中，必须在生态边界内实现所有人的美好生活。为了尊重地球边界，需要对当前的经济、社会和政治秩序进行批判，并提出具体行动建议，从而实现强有力的可持续发展转型。商学院必须应对这些挑战，并通过教育内容和创新教学方法提供解决方案。在本文中，我们认为参与式教育是在商学院教授可持续发展知识的适当工具。在保罗-弗莱雷（Paulo Freire）的批判教育学和格特-比埃斯塔（Gert Biesta）的参与式教育理论的基础上，我们建立了一个理论框架，以了解这些理论如何加强可持续发展教育。利用分析框架，我们探讨了参与式教育在 "增长"（Degrowth）课程中的风险，并通过分析 37 名学生的反思文章，提供了参与式教育对学生影响的实证案例。根据我们的研究结果，这种特殊类型的教育既会产生积极情绪，如享受和热情，也会产生消极情绪，如焦虑和无助。

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Management Learning MANAGEMENT-

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6.10

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期刊介绍： The nature of management learning - the nature of individual and organizational learning, and the relationships between them; "learning" organizations; learning from the past and for the future; the changing nature of management, of organizations, and of learning The process of learning - learning methods and techniques; processes of thinking; experience and learning; perception and reasoning; agendas of management learning Learning and outcomes - the nature of managerial knowledge, thinking, learning and action; ethics values and skills; expertise; competence; personal and organizational change