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Luckman, Elizabeth A. – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2017
This account of practice examines the implementation of and reactions to action learning through the Lean methodology in a unique, cross-cultural context. I review my time spent as a Lean coach; engaging with, training, and using action learning with employees in a garment manufacturing facility located in Bali, Indonesia. This research addresses…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Cross Cultural Studies, Manufacturing, Foreign Countries
Dean, Bonnie Amelia – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2019
Observational research has a long history in many disciplines, such as education and organizational studies, yet has had slow uptake in the scholarship of work-integrated learning (WIL). Observational research enables the researcher to journey inside workplace or community sites where actions and conversations unfold, to unpack the complexities of…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Job Skills, Observation, Research Methodology
Janfada, Mahtab; Beckett, David George – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2019
This paper examines formations of the 'self' as a wise leader at both personal and professional levels. Drawing on Aristotle and theories of reflective and experiential learning, the possibility of cultivating wisdom through an experience of a leadership course, provided at the University of Melbourne for PhD candidates, is explored. Applying an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Leadership Qualities
Rudolph, Heather A.; Brackebusch, Velina B.; Johnson, Corey W. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2017
This article describes the experiences of two doctoral students immersed in the process of learning ethnographic research. Through the use of a composite narrative of our experiences observing the culture at a division one university baseball complex, we contribute to the literature by sharing our perspectives as ethnographers-in-progress. We…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Field Studies, Experiential Learning, Graduate Study
Trehan, Kiran; Rigg, Clare – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This article seeks to develop the understanding of critical action learning (CAL) and to make a contribution to its theory and practice. The article begins by conceptualising critical action learning and builds on the work of Revans (1982) to stimulate fresh thinking. It provides a different calibration of his coupling of action and learning. An…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Concept Formation, Program Descriptions
Löytönen, Teija – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: The tradition of dance art in Finland is characterized by values such as individuality and uniqueness, and the professional practice is structured by competition and different kinds of hierarchies, which may also add color to the culture of dance teaching. One of the most noticeable elements within the dance education community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Cooperative Learning, Critical Incidents Method
Vernon, Franklin – Ethnography and Education, 2016
Whilst adventure-based experiential education traditions have long-standing claims of progressive, democratic learning potential, little research has examined practice from within democratic theories of participation and learning. Focusing on a complex network making up a disturbing interaction in an outdoor education programme, I posit forms of…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Social Justice, Experiential Learning, Outdoor Education
Lau, Sunny Man Chu – Intercultural Education, 2015
Despite the growing importance of intercultural education, literature is still lacking in related research with young learners. This study reports on a yearlong university-school collaborative research project that aimed to promote students' intercultural competence and critical bi-literacy skills through their exploration of the issue of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Childrens Rights, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness
Fickes, Patricia D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Community of practice provided the theoretical frame to study the Old Bedford Village crafts persons as they reproduced lifestyles of a Southern Alleghenies rural village from 200 to 300 years ago in early America. This study sought the "how" and "why" Old Bedford Village crafts persons engaged in learning processes as…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Handicrafts, Rural Areas, United States History
Harper, Frances Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation builds on and extends research on the relationship between equity-minded mathematics teaching, specifically teaching mathematics for social justice, complex instruction, and project-based learning, and students' learning and identity development. Although different in their structures and strategies, equity-minded mathematics…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Mathematics Education, Social Justice, Student Projects
Luciani, Teresa – 2001
This bibliography with 1,273 entries is an updated supplement to the preliminary 1997 bibliography on informal adult learning. It is a useful resource guide for those interested in publications (e.g. academic papers, government reports, grassroots publications) aimed at furthering understanding of how learning and teaching takes place in different…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Associative Learning
Pugh, Wesley C. – 1987
The use of metaphors to frame problems and gain insight into educational phenomena has received little attention in the literature. This study shows that principals' use of metaphoric language to discuss their work environment and instructional leadership roles is a valid means of understanding school administrator behavior. The study focused on…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Ethnography, Experiential Learning, Figurative Language
Symes, Colin, Ed. – 2000
This conference proceedings contains 65 presentations and 3 colloquiums from a conference that dealt with knowledge at work and knowledge that works and with how education can be successfully integrated into work and work into education. The papers are "Reading the Contexts of Complex Incidents of Adult Education Practice" (Apte);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Certification, Computer Mediated Communication
Stobart, Henry, Ed.; Howard, Rosaleen, Ed. – 2002
This book presents research into the ways in which Indigenous peoples of the Andes create, transmit, maintain, and transform their knowledge, and the related processes of teaching and learning. Most chapters are based on papers delivered at a round-table conference at the University of Cambridge (England) in 1996 and include contributions from…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Community Relations, Cultural Maintenance, Culture Conflict
Jacobson, Anna – 2001
This paper describes a study of a speech community, a group of approximately 10 women, aged 25 to 65, who met at least 3 times a month to knit, drink coffee, and chat. The paper notes that knitting circles have survived through history because they serve a social function that surpasses historical events--they are communities that co-construct the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Ethnography, Experiential Learning, Interpersonal Communication