A personalized teaching signature: Finding your unique profile as a business educator
Greg Fisher
Business Horizons, 2023, vol. 66, issue 2, 291-300
Abstract:
Is there a model of the ideal business school instructor? I asked myself this question many times when first teaching in a business school classroom. Assessing the style and approach of other effective instructors signaled that there are many models for success in the classroom, but how should I think about developing my own successful teaching style and approach? To address this challenge, I developed the concept of the personalized teaching signature, which accounts for teaching as a complex, multidimensional activity that includes preparation, practicality, rigor, entertainment, empathy, experiential engagement, enthusiasm, novelty, and surprise. I argue that an instructor should strive to exceed an expected threshold of proficiency in each teaching dimension and then focus on specific dimensions in which they can excel to develop a personalized teaching signature. In this article, I describe the concept of a personalized teaching signature, outline its basic dimensions, and offer a step-by-step process for using this signature to become a better business school instructor.
Keywords: Personalized teaching signature; Business education; Business schools; Pedagogy; Experiential engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2022.08.005
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