Introduction to Research using a “Learning in Parallel” Experiential Design

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Graduate management education in research is usually done in lectures where individual activities reinforce and evaluate learning. This activity presents an alternative “learning in parallel” CAO to introduce research in large (20 to 50+ student) classes.

The activity guides students through an Observing – Reflecting – Planning – Acting cycle from Putzel’s “XB” with experiences ranging from planning to presenting research, including surveys, grounded theory, phenomenology, quasi-experimental design, critical postmodern analyses, and coding. Outputs include presentations, papers, and a play about the experience.

This activity can engage students in research for one day or several weeks of ten 30 to 45 minute sessions.

Author(s):

Ray Luechtefeld    
University of Central Missouri
United States