Matching International Business Teaching with the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Introducing Bi-directional Reflective Learning

IF 0.7 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Teaching in International Business Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI:10.1080/08975930.2022.2137277

Maria Elo, Lasse Torkkeli, H. Velt

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Transboundary challenges such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, energy transformation and the Covid-19 pandemic put vast pressures on generating solutions. They also call for updated teaching providing the required capabilities for international business (IB) and -entrepreneurship (IE) students. This paper presents a teaching initiative supporting master’s students to develop an overview of such contemporary and timely challenges and global concerns. The course, developed jointly by two universities and first administered in 2020 at LUT University, combines economic, social, and environmental sustainability aspects with managerial and entrepreneurial issues on IB, triggering the students to rethink and critically address ways forward. Students develop skills and competences to tackle complex real-life problems in collaboration with others, facilitating their entrepreneurial, global mind-set and sensitivity to cultural issues in IB. Thus, the presented teaching approach and course initiative contributes to theory and practice of teaching IB, by presenting how key challenges in contemporary IB can be incorporated in international business education of universities.

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国际商务教学与联合国可持续发展目标的匹配:引入双向反思性学习

气候变化、生物多样性丧失、能源转型和2019冠状病毒病大流行等跨界挑战给制定解决方案带来巨大压力。他们还呼吁更新教学，为国际商务(IB)和创业(IE)学生提供所需的能力。本文提出了一项教学倡议，支持硕士生对这些当代和及时的挑战和全球关注问题进行概述。该课程由两所大学联合开发，并于2020年在LUT大学首次开设，将经济、社会和环境可持续性方面与IB的管理和创业问题结合起来，促使学生重新思考和批判性地解决未来的道路。学生发展技能和能力，与他人合作解决复杂的现实问题，促进他们的企业家精神，全球思维模式和对IB文化问题的敏感性。因此，本文提出的教学方法和课程倡议有助于IB教学的理论和实践，通过介绍如何将当代IB的关键挑战纳入大学的国际商业教育。

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Journal of Teaching in International Business EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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2.20

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53.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Teaching in International Business instructs international business educators, curriculum developers, and institutions of higher education worldwide on methods and techniques for better teaching to ensure optimum, cost-effective learning on the part of students of international business. It is generally assumed that the teaching of international business is universal, but that the application of teaching methods, processes, and techniques in varying socioeconomic and cultural environments is unique. The journal offers insights and perspectives to international business educators and practitioners to share concerns, problems, opportunities, and solutions to the teaching and learning of international business subjects.