Adventure learning program v/s personality development program.
Adventure learning (AL) is an approach for the design of digitally enhances teaching and learning environments driven by a framework of guidelines grounded on experiential and inquiry-based education. Adventure learning is defined as an approach to the design of online and hybrid education that provides students with opportunities to explore real world issues through authentic learning experiences within collaborative learning environments. Importantly, pedagogical, social, and technological affordances work in tandem to foster AL experience. Learning is mediated by cognitive, social and affective processes AL environments offer a combination of education related possibilities for action. The second educational affordance, adventure-based draws learners and teachers into an unfolding storyline while the third educational affordance, synched learning opportunities, draws connections between curricular goals, media artifacts, collaboration and real-life events. Last, the technological affordances of an AL environment ensure usability and scalability while featuring technological innovations that heighten the student experience. Additionally, AL affords learners a real-time authentic online learning experience concurrently as they study AL curriculum. AL is also grounded in an inquiry-based approach to learning where learners are pursuing answers to questions, they have posed rather than focusing on memorizing and regurgitating isolated, irrelevant fact. St. Xavier’s Bangalore developed their courses to foster student’s abilities to inquire via analysing data and evidence, using models and explanations and education that involves students in authentic or real-world experiences in which they engage in dialogue, take action and reflect on possible outcomes. The union of experiential and inquiry-based learning is the foundation of AL, guiding and supporting authentic learning endeavours. St. Xavier’s Bangalore established the PGDM course based on the theoretical foundations, the design of the adventure learning experiences such as:
- Collaboration and interaction opportunities between students, experts, peers and content.
- Utilization of the internet for curriculum and learning environment delivery.
- Enhancement of curriculum with media and text form the filed.
- Synched learning opportunities with the AL curriculum.
- Adventure based education.
Personality is that pattern of characteristics thoughts, feelings and behaviours that distinguishes one person from another and that persist over time. It is sum of biologically based and learnt behaviours which forms the person’s unique responses to environmental stimuli. Personality development includes activities that improve awareness and identify, develop talents and potential, build human capital and facilitate employability, enhance quality of life and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations. When personal development takes place in the context of institutions, it refers to the methos, programs, tools, techniques and assessment systems that support human development at the individual level in organizations. Personality development includes activities that develop talents, improve awareness, enhances potential and looks to improve the quality of life. It involves formal and informal activities that put people in the role of leaders, guides, teachers and managers for helping them realize their full potential. Hence it can be said that the process of improving or transforming the personality is called personality development. Majority think it just means being good-looking, that there isn’t anything much to do about it. But this is not true. Most people underestimate the importance of having a pleasing personality. The scope of personality development is quite broad. It includes knowing how to dress well, social graces, grooming, speech and interpersonal skills. Especially in a management career these are very important skills that will promote your objectives.
St. Xavier’s Bangalore understands the importance of adventure learning and personality development and clearly differentiates both. The former stands for pragmatic and hand on learning experience in the field, while the latter provides the holistic development of the individual in an all-round way. Both are considered as essential for the management career which is effectively and efficiently poured by our institution.
Our institution focuses on the three educational affordances:
- How effective learning takes are carried out.
- What motivates the learners to stay involved?
- Holistic development of the students.