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Teaching HRM: Practise What We Preach? *
Author(s) -
McGrathChamp Susan,
Baird Marian
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841119603300306
Subject(s) - subject matter , independence (probability theory) , discipline , lifelong learning , subject (documents) , pedagogy , psychology , engineering ethics , sociology , knowledge management , computer science , engineering , curriculum , social science , statistics , mathematics , library science
Peer and self assessment and learning teams have recently been used in HRM courses at the University of Sydney. These initiatives, examined in this paper, respond to educational research which shows that a student‐centred, rather than teacher‐centred, approach has the capacity to improve students' ability to judge their own performance, develop greater independence in learning, and enhance lifelong learning. The latter part of the paper addresses the connection between subject matter of HRM courses and learning/teaching; that is, to what extent are key principles of HRM applicable to the learning process and vice versa—do we practise what we preach? The authors argue that there is opportunity to draw upon disciplinary and educational expertise to enhance professional practice in both these realms.