ERIC Number: EJ1187675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Sep
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-2379-2981
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History Is "Not" Boring: Using Social Media to Bring Labor History Alive
Julien, Mark; Stratton, Micheal; Clayton, Russell
Management Teaching Review, v3 n3 p208-220 Sep 2018
This article features an innovative and engaging assignment to help students learn about labor history events. Labor history is more than just a collection of dates, facts, and figures. Rather, it is the study of the men, women, and children who fought for a workplace that many of today's employees take for granted: paid leave, a 5-day workweek, potential legal representation of a union, and pensions. By imagining the key stakeholders with access to social media during the time of their chosen historical event, students develop a deeper understanding of the event's impact and relationship to current practices. Educators seeking an alternate way of tasking students to examine stakeholder theory may also find this assignment useful. We leverage social media to counter the perception among some management students that history is boring with little to no connection to their lives.
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Social Media, Labor Relations, Business Administration Education, College Students, Student Educational Objectives, Learning Activities, Assignments, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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