Learning beyond the classrooms: insights from academic field trips of business management university students in the Malaysian tropical rainforests

Patricia Yin Yin Lau; Christina Lee; Chye Kok Ho

Learning beyond the classrooms: insights from academic field trips of business management university students in the Malaysian tropical rainforests

Patricia Yin Yin Lau, Christina Lee, Chye Kok Ho

Malaysia School of Business

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review

Abstract

The aim of this study was to understand how business management students in
Malaysia learned in two academic fieldtrips, and the experience they brought along from the fieldtrips as they participated in other new units in classrooms. The study employed a longitudinal, qualitative approach using reflective journals and two focus group discussions. The findings revealed social influence, self-concept, voice, teamwork, learning, and learning beyond fieldtrips. To balance the cognitive and noncognitive benefits of learning, and to reap other benefits after the fieldtrips, the results suggested that learning beyond the classroom is an essential part of the business management curriculum.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference 2017
Place of Publication	UK
Publisher	British Academy of Management
Number of pages	14
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	British Academy of Management Conference 2017 - University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom Duration: 5 Sept 2017 → 7 Sept 2017 Conference number: 31st

Conference

Conference	British Academy of Management Conference 2017
Abbreviated title	BAM 2017
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Coventry
Period	5/09/17 → 7/09/17

Keywords

social influence
self-concept
voice
teamwork
learning
classroom
fieldtrips

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Learning beyond the classrooms: insights from academic field trips of business management university students in the Malaysian tropical rainforests. / Lau, Patricia Yin Yin; Lee, Christina; Ho, Chye Kok.
Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference 2017. UK: British Academy of Management, 2017.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review

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