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This chapter is based on the analysis of student learning logs. Thirty student logs are analysed from an original total of in excess of 60 completed logs submitted over a 4-year period. A phenomenological approach using an ethnographic content analysis (Delamont, 2002) to identify “repeated ideas” (Auerbach & Silverstein, 2003) is applied to the learning logs completed on work placement. The students’ experiential learning, the classic “concrete” experience (Kolb, 1984), was shown to be enhanced by the knowledge and understanding derived from the act of developing their own narrative based on a real business context. It is suggested that this supports the students in what Ramsey (2005) has identified as learning in performance.
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Friesner, T., Palmer, A. (2009). Reflections on Reflections: The Use of Logs in Student Work Placement to Support Business Learning. In: Daly, P., Gijbels, D. (eds) Real Learning Opportunities at Business School and Beyond. Advances in Business Education and Training, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2973-7_6
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