Experiential pedagogical model for teaching management and leadership in higher education

This article presents an action-oriented case study on how the experiential learning theory (Kolb 1984) can be applied in the management and leadership education at the undergraduate and graduate level. We build an experiential pedagogical model for the higher education context for teaching the management and leadership in the knowledge economy. The experiential pedagogical model combines three different courses, where the advanced students act as leaders for those who are in an earlier stage of their studies. By using empirical data from six different implementations of this experiential pedagogical model (in 2020–2023), we demonstrate its implementation practices and evaluate its usefulness.

Keywords: Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory, Higher Education, Leadership Education, Pedagogical Model, Peer Learning.