ERIC Number: EJ1155575
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 11
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The "P2P" Educational Model Providing Innovative Learning by Linking Technology, Business and Research
Dickinson, Paul Gordon
Universal Journal of Educational Research, v5 n10 p1748-1758 2017
This paper evaluates the effect and potential of a new educational learning model called Peer to Peer (P2P). The study was focused on Laurea, Hyvinkaa's Finland campus and its response to bridging the gap between traditional educational methods and working reality, where modern technology plays an important role. The study describes and evaluates an undergraduate business management programme. A qualitative methodological approach was used in assessing the students' experience of projects with businesses and their theoretical learning without formal lectures. Student feedback via in-depth interviews forms the basis which provides empirical findings from students from different countries. Specific projects involving real businesses within this unique P2P programme are described and assessed within the overall objective. The study concludes that although it requires a different role from both teachers and students the relevance for European education is that both academically and practically this type of model delivers a more employable graduate with more transferable business skills.
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Models, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Qualitative Research, Student Experience, Interviews, Feedback (Response), Experiential Learning, Influence of Technology, Minimum Competency Testing, Student Attitudes, Achievement Gains, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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