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Title: 'It's Not Always Poor Decisions': Shifts in Business Student's Attitudes toward Poverty after Completing 'SPENT'
Language: English
Authors: Jessica M. Parks
Source: Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence. 2023 7(1):61-72.
Availability: Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library, 3000 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322. Tel: 435-797-1391; e-mail: jete@usu.edu; Web site: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/jete/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2023
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Finance Occupations, Poverty, Attitude Change, Low Income, Wages, Decision Making, Influences, Role of Education, Negative Attitudes, Computer Simulation
ISSN: 2644-2132
Abstract: This Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) study examined whether undergraduate business students reported having different attitudes towards poverty after completing SPENT. SPENT is an open-access, digital poverty simulation offered through Urban Ministries of Durham. The author used the Reflexive Thematic Analysis approach (Braun & Clarke, 2006) to analyze 17 student reflection papers. The students were enrolled in an introductory finance course at a small teaching institution in the Southwest. The student reflection paper prompts were based on the four-phase Experiential Learning Model (Kolb, 1984). The author constructed four themes about the students' attitudes toward poverty: (1) laziness and poor decisions, (2) multiple causes, (3) low wages, and (4) importance of education. This research offers implications for college instructors who use simulations and those who teach about poverty.
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