Teaching methods and the Kolb learning cycle

This chapter begins with a literature review addressing Responsible Management Education (RME)-related teaching, teaching and learning evaluation and debates, and the Kolb cycle model. Six core principles drive the Responsible Management Education (PRME) large-scale business school curricular reform framework: Purpose, Value, Method, Research, Partnership and Dialogue. The third Principle—Method—asks educators to "create educational frameworks, materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership". The chapter determines the teaching methods used by business educators when addressing PRME-related areas of ethics, social responsibility, sustainability/environment and social entrepreneurship for different populations of students. Interestingly, there were few notable differences between US and non-US instructors in teaching methods utilized for PRME topics. The research sought to illuminate an element of PRME Principle 3 by using the Kolb learning cycle model in documenting a global baseline of instructional practices among those teaching within RME domains.