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The Transformative Potential of Action Learning in Community-Based Research for Social Action
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Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun; Wood, Lesley; Kearney, Judith – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2020
Action learning within community-based research is a powerful capacitator of social action. Here, we consider three aspects of action learning that are vital to enable this: (i) developing self-directed and lifelong action learning; (ii) generating local and theoretical knowledge through action research and reflection on learning; and (iii)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Social Action, Participatory Research
History and Culture of Alara--The Action Learning and Action Research Association
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Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun; Passfield, Ron – Educational Action Research, 2016
As co-founders of the Action Learning and Action Research Association (ALARA), we tell the story of this international network organisation through our personal experience. Our history traces the evolution of ALARA from origins at the first World Congress in 1990 in Brisbane, Australia, through development over two and a half decades, to its…
Descriptors: Action Research, Professional Associations, Conferences (Gatherings), History
An Educational Framework for Participatory Action Learning and Action Research (PALAR)
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Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun – Educational Action Research, 2018
The purpose of this article is to provide an educational, theoretical, and methodological framework for using a special kind of action research, namely PALAR (participatory action learning and action research). This integrated methodology of lifelong action learning (AL) and participatory action research (PAR) has been developed over the past…
Descriptors: Models, Action Research, Participatory Research, Experiential Learning
Enhancing Postgraduate Learning and Development: A Participatory Action Learning and Action Research Approach through Conferences
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Wood, Lesley; Louw, Ina; Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2017
As supervisors who advocate the transformational potential of research both to generate theory and practical and emancipatory outcomes, we practice participatory action learning and action research (PALAR). This paper offers an illustrative case of how supervision practices based on action learning can foster emancipatory and lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Action Research, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Conferences (Gatherings)
The Learning Conference: Knowledge Creation through Participation and Publication
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Louw, Ina; Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun – Learning Organization, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to identify the principles and characteristics of a learning conference which uses action learning and action research (ALAR) processes to create: optimal learning for all participants through a collaborative, inclusive conference culture; further knowledge creation in publishing conference papers post-conference…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Action Research, Experiential Learning
From Learning Organization to Learning Community: Sustainability through Lifelong Learning
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Kearney, Judith; Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to: extend the concept of "The learning organization" to "The learning community," especially disadvantaged communities; demonstrate how leaders in a migrant community can achieve positive change at the personal, professional, team and community learning levels through participatory action learning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Disadvantaged, Cultural Awareness