The Personal Statement: A Tool for Developing the Pedagogical Potential of Storytelling in Business Management Education?

Daniel Clarke; Tom Cunningham

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-07234-5_13

The Personal Statement: A Tool for Developing the Pedagogical Potential of Storytelling in Business Management Education?

Daniel Clarke (Lead / Corresponding author), Tom Cunningham

University of Dundee School of Business

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Abstract

This chapter explores use of the Personal Statement (PS) in creating instructional interventions designed to nurture, encourage, facilitate and help students become better learners. It contributes to the literature on passion-inspired learning by presenting the student-written PS as a starting point for identifying and developing passions to support student learning throughout the Higher Education curriculum. The chapter is presented in a play script format. It describes and reflects on an attempt to formally embed academic skills development in to a revised Business Management degree. But sometimes things do not go according to plan. We highlight the challenges and delineate lessons learned.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Stories, Storytellers, and Storytelling
Editors	Tom Vine, Sarah Richards
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Pages	281-304
Number of pages	24
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031072345
ISBN (Print)	9783031072338 (hbk), 9783031072369 (pbk)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07234-5_13
Publication status	Published - 16 Dec 2022

Keywords

Academic skills
Assessment
Business management education
Higher education
Passion-inspired learning
Pedagogy
Personal statement
Play script form
Student engagement
Student writing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences(all)
Arts and Humanities(all)
Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
Business, Management and Accounting(all)

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The Personal Statement: A Tool for Developing the Pedagogical Potential of Storytelling in Business Management Education? / Clarke, Daniel (Lead / Corresponding author); Cunningham, Tom.
Stories, Storytellers, and Storytelling. ed. / Tom Vine; Sarah Richards. 1. ed. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., 2022. p. 281-304.

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