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TY - JOUR
T1 - In whose interest?
T2 - Exploring care ethics within transformative learning
AU - Kempster, Stephen John
AU - Smith, Sue
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Management Learning, 50 (3), 2019, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Management Learning page: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/mlq on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - This article brings attention to a seemingly pervasive and underlying assumption in critical management education that transformative learning is a good thing. We explore this assumption through a series of narratives examining the ethics of educators overtly seeking to enable transformative learning with owner-managers in order to impact on their businesses. The focus on owner-managers is of significance in terms of transformative learning because of the centrality of the owner-manager to the delicate ecosystem that is the small and medium business. The article makes salient relational care in critical management education and the need for educators to engage in a moral dialogue regarding the relational impact of transformative learning in pedagogic designs. Such dialogue necessitates addressing in whose interest is transformative learning being sought, along with the orientation and framing of such learning.
AB - This article brings attention to a seemingly pervasive and underlying assumption in critical management education that transformative learning is a good thing. We explore this assumption through a series of narratives examining the ethics of educators overtly seeking to enable transformative learning with owner-managers in order to impact on their businesses. The focus on owner-managers is of significance in terms of transformative learning because of the centrality of the owner-manager to the delicate ecosystem that is the small and medium business. The article makes salient relational care in critical management education and the need for educators to engage in a moral dialogue regarding the relational impact of transformative learning in pedagogic designs. Such dialogue necessitates addressing in whose interest is transformative learning being sought, along with the orientation and framing of such learning.
KW - transformative learning: narratives
KW - reflexive dialogue
KW - care ethics
KW - narratives
KW - owner-managers
U2 - 10.1177/1350507618822316
DO - 10.1177/1350507618822316
M3 - Journal article
VL - 50
SP - 302
EP - 318
JO - Management Learning
JF - Management Learning
SN - 1350-5076
IS - 3
ER -