Empowering Educators: A Situational Intelligence Approach to Teaching in Management and the Social Sciences

This resourceful book equips teachers with the ability to navigate both the visible and invisible dynamics of the classroom. Introducing the concept of situational intelligence, it aids educators in designing meaningful learning experiences with awareness, flexibility and confidence.

Incorporating elements from psychology, management and pedagogy, the book aims to teach adult learners in business and the social sciences to read, interpret and act wisely in complex learning environments. Combining practice-based reflection and accessible theory with over 30 case studies, it examines four complementary lenses: techno-pedagogy, behavioral psycho-pedagogy, clinical psycho-pedagogy, and socio-pedagogy. This book goes beyond traditional instructional methods to encourage strategic, reflective teaching practices that cultivate learning, creativity and personal growth for teachers and students alike.

Empowering Educators is a crucial resource for educators, lecturers and doctoral students across the social sciences, as well as students of education, business and management and sociology. Corporate trainers, senior managers, HR professionals and talent development managers responsible for training within organizations will also benefit from the valuable insights in this book.

Kristine de Valck, Professor of Marketing and Dean of Degree Programs, HEC Paris, Michel Fiol, Emeritus Professor of Accounting and Management Control, HEC Paris, Carolina Serrano-Archimi, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management, France and Marcel Planellas, Professor of Strategy and General Management, ESADE (Ramon Llul University), Spain