Posts by Debdutta Choudhury
Heutagogy, andragogy, and pedagogy in management education
Management education caters to adult learners, often professionals seeking to enhance their skills in a dynamic business environment. Three learning approaches—pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy—offer distinct frameworks for designing effective educational experiences. Pedagogy is the traditional teacher-centred method, andragogy focuses on self-directed adult learning, and heutagogy emphasises self-determined learning where learners control both content and process.…
Read MoreForeign Direct Investment (FDI) in Indian higher education: A new beginning
Foreign universities are setting up campuses in India. In 2024, Deakin University from Australia has already announced that its campus in GIFT City, Gujarat will start functioning this year. The University of Wollongong will begin in the GIFT city premises very soon. What caused this new phenomenon? We try to analyse the history of the…
Read MoreResponsible Management Education (RME) and the role of Hidden Curriculum (HC)
The concepts of Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainability have become one of the cornerstones of management curriculum over the last decade. This has also been pushed by accreditation bodies like AACSB and EFMD, which have included Responsible Management Education (RME) in their standards. Global bodies like UN PRME have created a framework for RML for…
Read MoreMetacrisis and education
The world is at a crossroads today. The industrialised world that we created in the late 1800s with its sets of rules and norms is being challenged by the new paradigms of high population, resource scarcity, economic distortions, digital divide, environmental pollution and cultural isolations. These challenges confronting human society and the human cognition to…
Read MoreProgramme design through the metaverse and generative AI
In today’s large universities, teaching techniques are mostly standardised and not tailored to individual learners’ aptitude and learning abilities. While conventional digital learning platforms do have the advantage of letting learners work through them at their own pace, a 360-degree, metaverse solution is not only richer and more immersive but has the capability to engage…
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