Exploratory Learning Environments for Responsible Management Education Using Lego Serious Play

TL;DR

This paper develops a pedagogical framework using Lego Serious Play and constructivist theories to create engaging, responsible management education environments that foster critical discourse on complex issues.

Contribution

It introduces a novel teaching framework integrating Lego Serious Play for responsible management education, addressing a gap in applying innovative pedagogical approaches.

Findings

Framework supports engaging learning environments

Lego Serious Play promotes critical discourse

Enhances understanding of complex social issues

Abstract

Research into responsible management education has largely focused on the merits, attributes, and transformation opportunities to enhance responsible business school education aims. As such, a prominent part of the literature has occupied itself with examining if responsible management modules are inherently considered a non-crucial element of the curriculum and determining the extent to which business schools have introduced such learning content into their curriculum. However, there has been scant research into how to apply novel teaching approaches to engage students and promote responsible management education endeavours. As such, this paper seeks to address this gap through the development of a teaching framework to support educators in designing effective learning environments focused on responsible management education. We will draw on constructivist learning theories and Lego Serious Play (LSP) as a learning enhancement approach to develop a pedagogical framework. LSP is selected due to its increasing application in learning environments to help promote critical discourse, and engage with highly complex problems, whether these are social, economic, environmental, or organisational.