Full Description
Drawing from doctoral level research on how best to teach business education to college students, Discourses on Business Education at the College Level illustrates new and proven ideas for engaging students. Sixteen authors from New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development describe their experiences in upgrading and expanding the quality of the business education experience. Business school instructors can use this edited collection to draw inspiration and learn specific techniques to bring their courses to the cutting edge of curriculum. Topics range from teaching accounting, financial literacy, marketing, and teamwork to gamification, improving international student and intern experience, not-for credit education, and virtual workplace learning.
Contents
Foreword Bridget N. O'Connor
1. Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning in the First Accounting Course Ellen Bartley
2. The Role of Community Colleges in Promoting Financial Literacy: A Proposed Model William L. Black
3. The Toolbox—an Innovation Connecting Marketing Education and Practice Kevin E. McEvoy
4. Women's Journeys to the C-Suite and the Emotional Component of Success Sabra E. Brock, Sharon Rowlands
5. Developing Information Technology Fluency in College Students: An Investigation of Learning Environments and Learner Characteristics Nancy B. Sardone
6. Toward More Practical Measurement of Teamwork Skills Sabra E. Brock, Peter J. McAliney, Chunhui Ma
7. The Impact of Group Support Systems on Corporate Teams' Stages of Development Margaretta J. Caouette, Bridget N. O'Connor
8. Cultural Transition and Adjustment of International East Asian Undergraduate Students Daniel Kerr, Tara Madden-Dent
9. Game-Based Learning to Raise Awareness of Nuclear Proliferation Nancy B. Sardone
10. Virtual Workplace Learning: Promises Met? Robert G. Brookshire, Kara M. Lybarger, Lynn B. Keane
11. The Care and Feeding of Interns: A Framework for Maximizing Intern Learning and Productivity Kevin E. McEvoy
12. Understanding MBA Students' Intention to Transfer to Teamwork Skills: A Theory-Based Model Chunhui Ma
13. Learning: The experiences of adults who work full-time while attending graduate school part-time Bridget N. O'Connor, Robert Cordova
14. Identifying and Classifying Corporate Universities in the USA Amy Lui Abel
15. Business School Extended Learning: Perspectives on Non-Degree Executive Education—The Case of "Looking Good" versus "Being Good" Steven S. Mezzio
Authors' Biographies
Closing Thoughts: Sustainability Sabra Brock, Peter J. McAliney
