Block Teaching and Quality Pedagogy: Applications, Outcomes, and Challenges

Synopsis

Teaching in a block has become a popular method of teaching and learning in business schools. The approach has been widely applied in industry and is now tailed to meet the needs at the tertiary levels. Contemporary research indicates that block teaching enables collaboration and improves learning opportunities in a short period. However, an ideal approach to block teaching is yet to be established, with many universities adopting differing models. These include teaching for an intensive period (e.g., five full days for one week) or spread over a certain number of weeks. However, it is also argued that block teaching compresses learning objectives. This presentation reviews the prevailing approaches of block teaching, the nested pedagogies, and the outcomes and challenges from the perspective of teaching in business schools. We review the applications of block teaching pedagogy in online and on-campus models of teaching.

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