Team-based learning in business courses:  The application of case studies and simulation games

María-Teresa Bolívar-Ramos; Andrea Martínez-Salgueiro

doi:10.1344/reire2018.11.220552

Autors/ores

María-Teresa Bolívar-Ramos Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1138-7381
Andrea Martínez-Salgueiro Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5973-4971

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/reire2018.11.220552

Paraules clau:

Aprenentatge basat en equips, Simulacions, Mètode de casos, Educació en gestió d’empreses, Gestió estratègica

Resum

INTRODUCCIÓ. El domini en disciplines amb una gran orientació pràctica, com la gestió d’empreses, no està determinat directament pel grau de coneixement, sinó per la capacitat d’aplicar teories econòmiques i de gestió al món real. Aquesta naturalesa pràctica posa en relleu la insuficiència de les tècniques educatives tradicionals per a l’ensenyament, consistents en lectures i classes magistrals, i condueix a l’aparició de mètodes instructius alternatius, com els fonamentats en l’aprenentatge basat en equips (ABE). MÈTODE. Concretament, hi ha dos instruments l’ús dels quals s’ha anat incrementant en educació empresarial: els estudis de casos i les simulacions. RESULTATS. En aquesta investigació, els dos instruments són analitzats detalladament amb l’objectiu de determinar si el seu ús en la fase d’aplicació de l’ABE és una alternativa apropiada, atesa la naturalesa pràctica d’aquesta fase. DISCUSSIÓ. Basada en l’avaluació d’aquestes tècniques, la nostra investigació suggereix que la implementació conjunta d’ambdós instruments pot resultar especialment beneficiosa i desembocar en millors resultats d’aprenentatge i d’adquisició de capacitats, atès que cada un produeix efectes diferents i, al seu torn, valuosos.

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