Research Brown Bag on Management Education at Vlerick

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Research is central to our mission as an academic management school. The research seminars at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School aim at contributing to an active research climate in the School and at raising the level of visibility of the research activities in the School. These seminars are open, free of charge, to interested faculty and researchers from all universities and knowledge institutions. The list of research seminars is updated regularly.

Research Brown Bag on Management Education at Vlerick: An individual differences perspective

The recent shift in educational priorities from ‘teaching’ to ‘learning’ led to increased pressure on the shoulders of teachers in management education, as this requires many teachers to rethink their teaching approach. The emphasis on ‘learning’ indeed implies a shift in two ways: (1) from a focus on what the teacher does to what students do during the course; and (2) from a focus on the performance of the teacher (faculty evaluation) to students’ performance (student learning). Consequently, the assumptions of a ‘one size fits all’ curriculum are increasingly questioned and business educators face the challenge of preparing a diverse population of students to meet the demands of a rapidly changing business environment. Business schools are experiencing increased pressure from students, organisations, governments, and accreditation commissions to clearly demonstrate and even proof ‘assurance of learning’ (AoL), which implies showing that their students are achieving the learning goals that form the basis of the curriculum. Starting from these challenges, two studies have been conducted during AY 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 (funded by ARF), investigating the impact of individual learner differences on academic performance of Vlerick’s master and MBA students. The results of these two ARF projects on student learning will be presented, followed by a discussion of the potential implications for teaching and studying at Vlerick.

The paper will be presented by Eva Cools and Kim Bellens.

Practical information

• The Research Brown Bag takes place on Friday 27 January 2012 from 12.00 till 13.30 hrs in meeting room M 0.3 at our Ghent campus and can be followed by live meeting at our Leuven campus in room D 3.3.