Abstract

Creating opportunities for social justice and diversity discourse within the classroom is increasingly becoming a priority for universities, and especially within the business school. While a designated course requirement may be a useful way to introduce students to social justice and diversity in an in-depth manner, cognitive learning theory suggests that multiple opportunities are needed to engage with such complex topics. In this paper, we propose the use of online discussion prompts that connect social justice and diversity to existing courses as a mechanism to promote expanded and more frequent learning opportunities throughout a student’s academic journey. An experiment within an in-person introductory business course is showcased.

摘要

在课堂上创造社会正义和多元化话语的机会越来越成为大学尤其是商学院的优先事项。虽然指定的课程要求可能是一种将学生深入地介绍社会正义和多样性的有用方法，但是认知学习理论表明，需要多个机会来参与这些复杂的主题。在本文中，我们建议使用在线讨论提示，这些提示将社会正义和多样性与现有课程联系起来，以此作为一种机制，在学生的整个学习过程中促进扩大和更频繁的学习机会。展示了亲自介绍性商务课程中的一项实验。