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Living la vida loca: The ups and downs of learning in a cohort system.

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Living la vida loca: The ups and downs of learning in a cohort system.

Howard, Ann-Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4063-0264, Manolson, Sarah, Robertson, Colin, Trull, Andrew and Reilly, Rosemary C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-4488 (2022) Living la vida loca: The ups and downs of learning in a cohort system. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal, 15 (1). pp. 98-116.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.26209/td2022vol15iss11607

Abstract

This paper describes the use of cohort structures in management and leadership education. Cohorts privilege social interaction as the locale where cognition and culture are co-created between individuals. A cohort learning community format allows students and faculty to create opportunities for significant and deep learning—learning that integrates both the conceptual, the social and emotional, the self and the other—in relational spaces by promoting zones of proximal development, multisubjectivity, multivocality, and shared cognition. These are hallmarks of effective learning organizations and communities of practice. But they also present significant and tough challenges. Using creative nonfiction to frame reflections, five authors illuminate their experiences in cohort communities: the benefits, difficult sides, and challenges of creating crucible spaces where social and emotional learning can be explored, and its role in promoting transformational learning.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Applied Human Sciences
Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Authors:Howard, Ann-Louise and Manolson, Sarah and Robertson, Colin and Trull, Andrew and Reilly, Rosemary C.
Journal or Publication:Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal
Date:2022
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):10.26209/td2022vol15iss11607
Keywords:creative nonfiction; management education; leadership; learning communities; transformational learning in cohorts
ID Code:991985
Deposited By: Rosemary Reilly
Deposited On:06 Apr 2023 21:17
Last Modified:12 Apr 2023 15:08

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