Realising the potential of art-based methods in managerial learning: embodied cognition as an explanatory view of knowledge

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dc.contributor.authorSpringborg, Claus
dc.contributor.authorLadkin, Donna
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-04T10:33:22Z
dc.date.available2017-08-04T10:33:22Z
dc.date.issued2014-12-31
dc.description.abstractAlthough art-based methods are increasingly being used in management learning interventions (Taylor & Ladkin, 2009) there is little understanding about the means by which these methods foster particular learning outcomes. This conceptually-based paper addresses this concern through revisiting the philosophy of art and education (Arnheim, 1969; Dewey, 1934; Eisner, 2002; Langer, 1951) in light of recent theoretical developments in neuroscience known as embodied cognition (Niedenthal, Barsalou, Winkielman, Krauth- Gruber, & Ric, 2005; Rohrer, 2007; Wilson, 2002). We propose that embodied cognition’s recognition of the central role played by ‘simulation’ (Barsalou 1999, 2008) in learning processes offers unique insights into the mechanisms through which arts-based methods work and how they differ from (other) experiential learning interventions. This exploration leads to two propositions, a) stimulating new activation patterns in the way the brain engages with a phenomenon enables new possibilities for dealing with that phenomenon; and b) making art is a means by which those new activation patterns can be created. The paper concludes by demonstrating the power of this understanding by re-interpreting three scholarly accounts of the use of art-based methods within manager development, and suggesting implications for how such interventions can more fully realise their developmental potential.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationClaus Springborg and Donna Ladkin, Realising the potential of art-based methods in managerial learning: embodied cognition as an explanatory view of knowledge. 74th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 1-5 August 2014, Philadelphia, PA, USAen_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12271
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherAcademy of Managementen_UK
dc.rights©2014 Academy of Management. This is the Author Accepted Manuscript. Please refer to any applicable publisher terms of use.
dc.subjectaesthetic-based learningen_UK
dc.subjectarts-based methodsen_UK
dc.subjectembodied cognitionen_UK
dc.subjectperceptual symbol system theoryen_UK
dc.subjectmanagerial learning interventionsen_UK
dc.subjecttheory of knowledgeen_UK
dc.titleRealising the potential of art-based methods in managerial learning: embodied cognition as an explanatory view of knowledgeen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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