Gender in the Management Education Classroom: A Collaborative Learning Journey

• DOI: 10.1177/1052562910368939
• Publication Date: 2010-04-22T02:27:10Z
• Authors: Diana Bilimoria; Deborah A. O'Neil; Margaret M. Hopkins; Verena Murphy
• Keywords: Reflexivity

In this article, the authors describe a classroom incident and their subsequent learnings about effectively managing issues of gender diversity in an MBA course titled “Women Organizations.” The employ Kolb’s learning cycle as framework for describing ( concrete experience), reflecting on discussing what occurred reflective observation), examining pertinent literature possible explanations abstract conceptualization ), devising practical strategies to mitigate such incidents future active experimentation). study describes collaborative journey which engaged team instructors researchers make sense refine pedagogical practices. article concludes by offering suggestions improved pedagogy management education settings, specifically fostering greater reflexivity classroom, using functional subgrouping encourage understanding integration differences.