The Person Centered Approach to Teaching and Learning as Exemplified in a Course in Organizational Development

Recent strategies in the European Union encourage educational styles which promote the development of attitudes and skills as a basis for knowledge construction. The Person Centered Approach, developed by the American psychologist Carl Rogers and adapted in several innovative educational settings holds great promise in promoting experiential, whole person learning. In this paper we illustrate person centered education by describing several facets of an academic course on organizational development. Both the qualitative and the quantitative study confirmed that the vast majority of students learned significantly on the level of personal attitudes, social skills, and intellect.

03.12.2006 | Renate Motschnig-Pitrik & Antonio M. Santos (Wien, San Diego)