Abstract
The present study attempts to shed light on the perceptions of business educators regarding the effectiveness of six methodologies in achieving Gagné's five learning outcomes. Results of this study empirically confirm the oft-stated contention that no one method is globally effective for the attainment of all objectives. Specifically, business games, traditional lecture, and case study methods are perceived to be most effective for the learning of application, knowledge acquisition, and analysis and application, respectively.
Zusammenfassung
Die vorliegende Studie versucht, Erkenntnisse vonbusiness schools-Lehrern aufzuhellen hinsichtlich der Effektivität von sechs Methodologien, um Gagnés fünf Lernergebnisse zu erzielen. Resultate dieser Studie bestätigen empirisch die oft aufgestellte Behauptung, daß nicht nur eine Methode zur Erreichung aller Ziele global wirksam sei. Insbesondere Unternehmensplanspiele, traditionelle Vorlesung und Fallstudienmethoden werden als höchst effektiv empfunden zum Lernen der Nutzanwendung, zum Wissenserwerb, zur Analyse beziehungsweise Nutzanwendung.
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Cette étude cherche à éclairer la perception des formateurs en matière de commerce de l'efficacité des six méthodologies à réaliser les cinq objectifs d'apprentissage identifiés par Gagné. Les résultats de cette étude confirment empiriquement la controverse soulevée bien souvent qu'aucune méthode n'est globalement efficace pour la réalisation de tous les objectifs. En particulier, les jeux professionnels, le cours traditionnel et les méthodes d'étude de cas sont perçus comme étant des plus efficaces pour l'apprentissage de l'application, l'acquisition des connaissances, l'analyse et l'application, respectivement.
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Kindra, G.S. Analysis of experts' perception of the effectiveness of teaching methods. Int Rev Educ 30, 57–67 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00598018
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