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How to Introduce Innovative Approaches in Business Schools? Dr Katalin Illes. Questions to ask: Why do you learn? How do you learn? When do you learn? Why do you teach? How do you teach? When do you teach?. (Lessons to support growth). Knowledge. Teacher. Learner.
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How to Introduce Innovative Approaches in Business Schools? Dr Katalin Illes Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
Questions to ask: Why do you learn? How do you learn? When do you learn? Why do you teach? How do you teach? When do you teach? Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
(Lessons to support growth) Knowledge Teacher Learner (Anyone who want s to grow) (Anyone who enhances the flow) Openness Sharing, Self –discipline Passion Humbleness Openness, Sharing, Self-discipline Passion Humbleness Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
“In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired; In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.” (Lao Tzu) Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
Transformative teaching or transformative learning? Transforming our understanding: School – ‘schole’ = free space Educate –‘educe, educare’ =to lead forth, to bring out Enlighten – shed light on something Requires trusting relationships Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
Recall your most memorable learning experience. Recall your most memorable teaching experience. What made these experiences memorable? Share your thoughts with the person sitting next to you. Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
Is learning “work”? Is teaching “work”? What does “work” mean to you? How do you define “work”? Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
Plato Work is effort applied to difficulty. It always has internal and external results. Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
What are the external results of teaching and learning? Passing exams, status, recognition, Failing exams, low status, no recognition What are the internal results of teaching and learning? Can do attitude, self-confidence, passion, meaning Passivity, self-doubt, apathy/burn-out Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
University teaching is “profoundly unsuitable” for today’s world. Universities may be “bastions of empirical inquiry”, they have been “backward” in understanding how students learn and how best to teach them. Times Higher Education, 6 November 2008 Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
“Learning is most likely to take place when learners feel teachers know them personally and relate to them as real people: when teachers listen and respond to students; when teachers challenge students and make them think; when teachers provide for students as individuals.” Times Higher Education, 6 November 2008 Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
Learning or Teaching? • Both • Find your voice • (continuous learning and self-discovery) • Inspire others to find their voice (continuous teaching and sharing) • Give more of yourself with skill. Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
Awareness Attention Concentration One point concentration Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
Grow the whole person Prepare for life not only for exams Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes
University teaching is “profoundly unsuitable” for today’s world. Universities may be “bastions of empirical inquiry”, they have been “backward” in understanding how students learn and how best to teach them. Times Higher Education, 6 November 2008 Tallinn 2009 Dr Katalin Illes