Process Pedagogy

Process learning aims to develop the students' action competence and their ability to reflect upon their own learning.

The purpose of process learning is to develop the students' ability to act, reflect, and communicate, as well as their social awareness.

• Ability to act: The students are able to prioritize their work tasks, take initiatives, and make decisions – even when they have limited time. Students will acquire the ability to know when they need information and how to find, evaluate, and use information.

• Reflective: Students will gain knowledge, be able to use and find knowledge, reflect upon and discuss knowledge, gain self-insight, and reflect upon it.

• Communicative: Students can present their views, cases, and ideas and can lead and participate in debates.

• Socially aware: Students can take responsibility for others, both in close relationships with colleagues, but also for others in a global perspective. They can understand the usefulness of networking relationships, and they are able to work actively with ethics.

The teaching method aims to provide students with the opportunity to work with real cross-disciplinary issues and challenges. On the basis of relevant theory, they will collaborate in teams, with close follow-up by the teaching staff, in order to solve various problems.

Process learning will also provide students with a working method that will give them the opportunity of learning skills so they can become attractive workers in tomorrow's business world, in the public sector, and in the area of research. The teaching method emphasizes active participation and knowledge sharing, rather than passive learning through lectures. This will involve students working with cases, case letters, ¹ and also projects that use real situations corresponding to what they will experience in future workplaces.

Students will:

• Train to lead and be led by others;

• Present and be able to gain recognition for their ideas and views;

• Give and accept criticism in public forums;

• Maintain responsibility for results;

• Establish and utilize networks;

• Learn to adapt to new situations and rapid change;

• Practice reflection upon their own learning and development.

Process learning is an educational method that will activate and engage the student through various methods, such as interdisciplinary project assignments, problem-based learning, and “key lectures.” The teaching method involves students working in fixed groups (teams); they will be guided individually and in teams throughout the whole of the study period. The students should reflect on their own learning, collaborative skills, and ability to act. The teaching method will enable students to acquire theoretical knowledge, as well as knowledge of working life. This will provide students with the skills and abilities to become proactive and engaged employees in the future.

An overview of the categories of process learning is given below; the content will be described below (Fig. A1.1).

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Figure A1.1.

Process Learning.