Learning within project practice: Cognitive styles exposed

This paper contributes to understanding the dynamics of practically supporting situated learning within a project management practice. The case study findings presented and explored in this paper suggest that the ‘cognitive styles’ of project participants (amongst other sociological elements) signif...

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Published inInternational journal of project management Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 33 - 40
Main Author Sense, Andrew J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 2007
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Cognitive style
Competence
Learning
Managing and leading
Managing projects
Project management
Studies
Managing projects
Competence
Managing and leading
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Summary:This paper contributes to understanding the dynamics of practically supporting situated learning within a project management practice. The case study findings presented and explored in this paper suggest that the ‘cognitive styles’ of project participants (amongst other sociological elements) significantly impact situated learning activity within a project team. As is argued in this paper, through undertaking a process of public exposition and communal reflection on participants’ ‘cognitive styles’, ‘cognitive styles’ become a socially oriented learning issue for project teams to better understand and manage. In doing so, project participants’ aid their situated learning processes and help develop their skills in ‘learning how to learn’.
ISSN:0263-7863
1873-4634
DOI:10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.06.004