Negotiation-based learning: Objectives, strategies and challenges
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Negotiation-Based Learning
Objectives, Strategies and Challenges
Dr Simon Usherwood
Senior Lecturer, Politics
Centre for Educational & Academic Development
Introduction
• How to get the most from negotiation-based learning
The Model
• Aims:
• Creating an unusual and engaging environment for student learning
• Highlight the basic interaction of substantive knowledge and interpersonal skills
• Providing an opportunity for the enhancement of the student group
Flexibility
• By design, highly flexible :
• Length
• Depth
• Physical arrangement
• Size
• Purpose (skills vs. substantive content)
• Topic
• However, some core elements
Key Stages
• Before: Preparation
• During: Immersion
• After: Feedback
Before
• Possible elements:
• Teaching on theories of negotiation and substantive topic
• Students write research essay and negotiating brief; receive feedback before main game
• Practice negotiations, with full feedback
• Scope for integration of other elements, e.g. emotional intelligence, group dynamics, etc.
During
• Making significant time and space for deep engagement, without distractions
• Students apply learnt knowledge and skills in an active manner, defending positions they might not personally agree with
• Integration of ICT into process to facilitate and to provide observation materials (e.g. video, wiki, blog, MSN Messenger, Sympodium, etc.)
• Module leader can be a participant and/or an observer
After
• Draw on Module leader notes, ICT resources, reflective student portfolios and post-game discussion: the more, the better!
• Focus on actors, processes and outcomes as core elements, but open to anything else that emerges
• Not prescriptive, as a very individual experience, so assessment typically based on portfolios and ability to reflect
Conclusion
Students have an experience to remember and draw on in myriad ways