dc.contributor.author |
Springborg, Claus |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ladkin, Donna |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-08-04T10:33:22Z |
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dc.date.available |
2017-08-04T10:33:22Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014-12-31 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Claus Springborg and Donna Ladkin, Realising the potential of art-based methods in managerial learning: embodied cognition as an explanatory view of knowledge. 74th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 1-5 August 2014, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12271 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Although art-based methods are increasingly being used in management learning
interventions (Taylor & Ladkin, 2009) there is little understanding about the means by which
these methods foster particular learning outcomes. This conceptually-based paper addresses
this concern through revisiting the philosophy of art and education (Arnheim, 1969; Dewey,
1934; Eisner, 2002; Langer, 1951) in light of recent theoretical developments in
neuroscience known as embodied cognition (Niedenthal, Barsalou, Winkielman, Krauth-
Gruber, & Ric, 2005; Rohrer, 2007; Wilson, 2002). We propose that embodied cognition’s
recognition of the central role played by ‘simulation’ (Barsalou 1999, 2008) in learning
processes offers unique insights into the mechanisms through which arts-based methods work
and how they differ from (other) experiential learning interventions. This exploration leads to
two propositions, a) stimulating new activation patterns in the way the brain engages with a
phenomenon enables new possibilities for dealing with that phenomenon; and b) making art
is a means by which those new activation patterns can be created. The paper concludes by
demonstrating the power of this understanding by re-interpreting three scholarly accounts of
the use of art-based methods within manager development, and suggesting implications for
how such interventions can more fully realise their developmental potential. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Academy of Managment |
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dc.rights |
©2014 Academy of Management. This is the Author Accepted Manuscript.
Please refer to any applicable publisher terms of use. |
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dc.subject |
aesthetic-based learning |
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dc.subject |
arts-based methods |
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dc.subject |
embodied cognition |
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dc.subject |
perceptual symbol system theory |
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dc.subject |
managerial learning interventions |
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dc.subject |
theory of knowledge |
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dc.title |
Realising the potential of art-based methods in managerial learning: embodied cognition as an explanatory view of knowledge |
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dc.type |
Conference paper |
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