Nurturing Inclusive Leaders: Exploring Pedagogy and Care in Higher Education

22 mars 202426 janvier 2026 PedagoLab@ESSEC

By the K-lab team.

Beyond the transmission of knowledge, education in the XXI century is geared towards creating responsible leaders, able to create and promote inclusive workplaces. This requires higher education institutions to think deeply about the link between pedagogy and inclusion: How to teach inclusion? How to teach inclusively? and how in societies where the caring economy is becoming increasingly central, how can education be considered as “care”.

With this perspective in mind, Estefania Santacreu-Vasut, Associate Dean for Pedagogy, along with the K-lab, have chosen to explore the theme of “pedagogy and inclusion” for this academic year 2023/2024. The first educational workshop took place on November, 17th.

Adaptable Strategies: Fostering Engagement and Real-World Relevance

28 février 20247 mars 2024 PedagoLab@ESSEC

By Cong Tao, a PhD candidate in Accounting at ESSEC since 2018. Cong will be joining Lancaster University in the UK as a Lecturer in Accounting this September.

Cong taught Financial Accounting and Reporting for ESSEC Grande Ecole students.

How was your experience? Did you enjoy it?

I enjoy teaching as it constantly gives me the feeling of fulfillment and is a way of connecting research with future practitioners.

How did you prepare?

Before taking on the role of the instructor, I served as a teaching assistant for the same course under the guidance of an experienced professor. In preparation for each session, I reviewed all materials, including slides and case studies, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the content. Furthermore, I sought out contemporary materials, such as news articles, to augment the real-world relevance of each session.

ESSEC Experimental Lab: Bridging Research, Education and Innovation

12 février 202420 mai 2024 PedagoLab@ESSEC

Pioneering Research and Pedagogy through Innovative Experiments

By Marie Kerekes, Experimental Lab Manager, Postdoctoral Researcher, and Teacher.

ESSEC places great emphasis on research, innovation, and pedagogy. The Experimental and Behavioral Lab is at the heart of this vision, inviting ESSEC students to participate in studies and experiments crafted by ESSEC professors, researchers, and Ph.D. students.

What is an Experimental Lab? And what are the missions of ESSEC Experimental Lab?

Digital Pedagogy Day : Une première expérience réussie !

31 janvier 2024 PedagoLab@ESSEC

Par Sophie Magnanou, directrice du K-lab.

En novembre et décembre dernier, avait lieu à l’ESSEC le Digital Pedagogy Day, événement co-organisé avec le Décanat, Le K-lab et ESSEC Online. L’évènement s’est déroulé une première fois en présentiel dans les espaces du K-lab à Cergy, puis en ligne pour permettre aux professeurs présents sur les campus de Rabat et de Singapour d’y assister. Au total, ce sont près de 70 professeurs qui ont participé au Digital Pedagogy Day.

Informer, se former… Pedagolab fête ses 5 ans

24 janvier 202426 janvier 2026 PedagoLab@ESSEC

Interview avec Pauline Delécaut, documentaliste et responsable du Pedagolab depuis 2018.

Qui a créé Pedagolab ?

Impulsé par Emmanuelle le Nagard, précédente Vice-doyenne à la Pédagogie, et le K-lab, le blog Pedagolab@ESSEC a été créé en 2018 avec, pour objectif principal, de relayer, faire connaître et partager les initiatives, expérimentations et actualités en lien avec la transformation de la pédagogie à l’ESSEC mais aussi plus largement dans l’enseignement supérieur.

Avec quels objectifs?

The PISA 2022 wake-up call

18 décembre 202326 janvier 2026 PedagoLab@ESSEC

By Anna Pons, Project Lead of the OECD Global Teaching InSights and the Schools+ Network.

Anna Pons presented her expertise around the theme “An international perspective on teaching practices” at ESSEC Pedagogical workshop on June 20th 2023. The recording is available here. In this article she discusses the latest PISA results and puts them in perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the use of digital devices and emergence of large language models such as ChatGPT.

On December 5th, the global education community’s attention was focused on the release of the PISA 2022 results. This assessment has become the yardstick to measure what students know and are able to do internationally. About 690 000 students representing about 29 million 15-year-olds from schools in 81 participating countries and economies participated in this edition which focused on mathematics. In particular, the test explored students’ ability to think like a mathematician by formulating, solving, applying and evaluating problems.

Creative narratives in the age of AI – The speculative future of short story writing at ESSEC and beyond

15 novembre 2023 PedagoLab@ESSEC

By Michael Kouklakis, Director – Department of Languages & Cultures.

On a sunny day in the first week of June, as the academic year of 2023 was coming to an end, several students, teachers and staff made their way to the Learning Center where they gathered for an awards ceremony to celebrate the 15^th edition of the Short Story Contest – one of our most important and long-standing pedagogical initiatives. In nurturing the art of storytelling amongst our bright, talented students and encouraging the writing of original, creative fiction, this endeavour has carved out a unique space in higher education in general and in business schools and the Grandes Ecoles of France in particular. This much is stated proudly on the back cover of each copy of the short story book we publish every year and distribute during the end-of-the-year event we organize. The blurb on the back cover touts this initiative’s longevity and success and ends confidently with ‘There are many more tales to be told…’ However, with the sudden emergence of AI platforms in our daily lives and accelerated development of their capabilities, an unexpected question has arisen which never had to be asked before for the simple reason that the answer would have seemed so self-evident. Yes, there are many more tales to be told … but who will be telling them?

Training the leaders of tomorrow with the Sustainability Case Factory

26 octobre 202327 janvier 2026 PedagoLab@ESSEC

By Mathilde Cocherel, librarian. Mathilde works at publishing ESSEC Cases within the K-lab, she provides support to professors in several forms.

ESSEC and all the partner institutions involved in the Sustainability Case Factory project, including CY University, are committed to environmental and social transition, with the aim of training 100% of students in sustainable development issues by 2030, using new teaching methods, tools and content.

As case studies are widely used in graduate and postgraduate management studies, transferring this approach to the field of socio-ecological transitions, and developing new cases and teaching materials related to these issues, is a key strategic focus.

ESSEC’s Digital Pedagogy on Display at MoodleMoot Global

10 octobre 2023 PedagoLab@ESSEC

By Natalie Berkman, Instructional Design Manager at ESSEC K-lab

Every year, “Moodlers” from all over the world meet up at the MoodleMoot Global Conference to share best practices, explore new solutions, and design learning experiences together. Given ESSEC’s commitment to pedagogical excellence and more specifically to Moodle, our LMS of choice, several members of the ESSEC staff attend every year. This year marks an important milestone for our team: the first time we shifted from being inspired to inspiring others.

‘Mini Cases’ for a ‘mini-attention-span’ world!

21 septembre 202328 février 2024 PedagoLab@ESSEC

By Javaiz Parappathodi, a PhD candidate in Operations and Data Analytics at ESSEC since 2019. Javaiz has recently joined Durham University, UK as a teaching fellow this September. His research interests are humanitarian logistics, modern slavery and ‘co-opetition’ between firms.

Javaiz taught Operations Management for ESSEC Global BBA students.

How was your experience? Did you enjoy it?

I absolutely loved the experience. Reaffirmed the feeling that, for a change, I picked the right career this time.

How did you prepare?

Preparation was the most difficult part in the whole process. I had all the freedom that I wanted in deciding the course content and direction, thanks to the confidence shown by ESSEC on my capabilities. So, I wanted to completely design the course from start to finish.

I started from the scratch. I prepared the content for each and every session by myself and thoroughly enjoyed the process as well. I also devised my own evaluation strategy (obviously within the guidelines established by the program). I learnt as much as the students at the end of the process.