ERIC Number: EJ1073139
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1940-5847
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Multidisciplinary Case Study on Higher Education: An Innovative Experience in the Business Management Degree
Martínez-Cañas, Ricardo; del Pozo-Rubio, Raúl; Mondéjar-Jiménez, José; Ruiz-Palomino, Pablo
Contemporary Issues in Education Research, v5 n5 p349-354 2012
Higher education is constantly changing and looking for innovative educational solutions in order to increase the level of the student's knowledge and skills. As an important part of this set of educational policies, a new process is emerging for the ideation, planning and implementation of multidisciplinary case studies for students with the aim of developing their knowledge, meaning learning, skills and abilities that necessary for a more complete picture of the problems. In this regard, this paper shows the main results obtained with the realization of joint innovative activity experience developed by multidisciplinary areas in the Business Administration Degree (Management, Corporate Finance and Statistics). This joint activity was proposed on a voluntary basis for those students interested in working in a complete practice with other students and also as a way of replacing the individual activities of each area of knowledge. Fourteen groups of 4-5 people have done this case study, on average, the percentage of participation is about 70% of the students. The design of this methodology with an evaluation system implies students receive a significant percentage of their continuous evaluation. Also, it has allowed the students to achieve at a practical level, the how to and knows how (versus levels, ordered from low to high level of knowledge: do's, shows how, knows how and knows) of a particular set of generic and specific skills.
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Business Administration Education, Business Administration, Interdisciplinary Approach, Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Educational Innovation, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Educational Change, Performance Factors, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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