Transformative training

Thanks to transformative teaching and learning content, managers are able to develop their organizations integrally. These didactic concepts are to be evaluated in terms of sustainability and effectiveness.

Factsheet

Schools involved School of Health Professions
School of Social Work
Institute(s) Nursing
Institute for Organisation and Social Service Management
Research unit(s) Innovation in the Field of Health Care and Human Resources Development
Strategic thematic field Thematic field "Sustainable Development"
Funding organisation BFH
Duration (planned) 01.11.2024 - 31.12.2026
Head of project Manuela Grieser
Project staff Manuela Grieser
Dr. Claudia Poggiolini
Dr. Dalia Schipper
Myriam Jennifer Franiek
Partner School of Facilitation
Keywords Transformative Organizational Development, Transformative Education, Interdisciplinary Cooperation, Sustainable Teaching and Learning, Education for Sustainable Development, Inner Development Goals, M

Situation

Education for sustainable development requires transformative teaching and learning, based on the five Inner Development Goals (IDG) of being, thinking, relating, acting, collaborating. Future-oriented managers are called upon to develop not only their own attitude, but also their organizations co-creatively and sustainably. Two interdisciplinary continuing education programmes (CAS in the Departments of Health and Social Work) promote transformative education that promotes sustainable teaching and learning. Both CAS follow the knowledge spaces of Theory U by Otto Scharmer (2023) and integrate mindfulness concepts as well as neuroscientific findings on learning (Hüther, 2016). Didactic methods promote collaboration, communication, co-creativity and critical thinking with regard to strengthening interpersonal skills. The aim is to enable change agents to develop their organizations integrally and systemically. The evaluation of these CAS with regard to the Inner Development Goals, among other things, is intended to provide statements on the effectiveness and sustainability of transformative teaching and learning methods.

Course of action

The evaluation of the Inner Development Goals must be based on the individual goals of the participants. Based on the concept of target psychology, it will be investigated how goal realization takes place and which self-regulatory processes are activated in the process (Oettingen & Gollwitzer 2008). Accordingly, the measurements should be carried out in complex performance situations and take into account three levels: attitude level (the general attitude towards a topic), result level (the investigation of result-related goals) and behavioral level (precise actions necessary to achieve goals and highly contextual plans). To this end, external assessments (blind spots: surveying of employees using a structured questionnaire at different points in time) as well as self-reflection units (journaling and portfolios) are to be used. In order to achieve more valid results, it is planned to start the evaluations at different times in different training units.

Result

Ideally, based on the results, a concept for the systematic recording of individual learning progress can be developed based on the Inner Development Goals. The effectiveness and sustainability of transformative education in the CAS can be demonstrated. Quality developments in transformative teaching can be approached systematically.