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Enhancing Learning in the Business Classroom: An Adventure with Improv Theater Techniques

Julie Sheldon Huffaker

On Your Feet: Improv for Business

Ellen West

Portland State University

Improv? In a business classroom? The goal was to find out how these tools might enhance learning. This article describes the authors’journey exploring using improvisational forms in a business class. The article describes the three primary learning objectives that the authors hoped to accomplish using improv tools, a detailed account of how the tools were used, and how it all worked out—the classroom outcomes—along with observations and feedback from the students. In addition, instructions for three easily implemented improv forms are provided so the reader can experiment with them in the classroom if desired.

Key Words: improvisation • experiential learning • creativity • building community • risk taking

Journal of Management Education, Vol. 29, No. 6, 852-869 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1052562905277311
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