What's Politics Got to Do with It? "Power" as a "Threshold" Concept for Undergraduate Business Students

Autor/in	Williams, Paul D.
Titel	What's Politics Got to Do with It? "Power" as a "Threshold" Concept for Undergraduate Business Students
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 54 (2014) 1, S.8-29 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Business Administration Education; Undergraduate Students; Concept Teaching; Political Science; Politics; Political Power; Educational Experience; Skill Development; Knowledge Level; Student Attitudes; Adult Students; Phenomenology; Interviews; Interdisciplinary Approach; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Politik; Politische Macht; Bildungserfahrung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Wissensbasis; Schülerverhalten; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Politics courses embedded in business and commerce degree programs have soared in number in recent years. Yet how business students, often compulsorily enrolled in politics courses, learn key politics concepts is an under-researched area. The purpose of this article is to determine where the teaching and learning of political science and business intersects. This research reviews the place of the "threshold concept" in student learning, with particular reference to "power" as a political concept. This article advances three arguments: that the study of political institutions involves a series of "threshold" concepts that students must pass over before moving onto a higher plane of understanding; that the teaching of political institutions should span the three key areas of knowledge, attitudes and skills; and that a real understanding of political institutions allows students to regard business figures, in pursuing self-interest, as "political" actors like any other. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10