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Improving Community Relations in the Police through Procedural Justice -- An Action Learning Initiative
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Gold, Jeff – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2022
Police forces in England and Wales have faced ongoing difficulties of engagement with minority communities leading to a loss of confidence and trust in policing. The paper reports on the results of a project to improve relations with communities with Humberside Police, UK by implementing key ideas relating to procedural justice that consider how…
Descriptors: Police Community Relationship, Police, Minority Groups, Foreign Countries
Adapting Action Learning in the Legal Profession: The Role of the 'Provided' Problem
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McDonald, Bernadette – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2021
Action learning has evolved with multiple variants and a multiplicity of interpretations which have moved it away from Revans Classical Principles. This account of practice describes the use of an adapted action learning set within the legal profession with a specific focus on a 'provided' problem and collective reflective practice in the form of…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Reflection, Questioning Techniques, Professional Continuing Education
Critical Action Learning: A Method or Strategy for Peer Supervision of Coaching Practice
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Turner, Arthur; Tee, David; Crompton, Sally – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2017
This paper deals with the on-going practice of a critical action learning set who come together to meet their needs for coaching supervision as a group of executive coaches working from, and within, the University sector in South Wales. The reasons for the successes of, and the challenges around, this practice of four years standing have been…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Supervision, Coaching (Performance), Foreign Countries
Action Learning: How Learning Transfers from Entrepreneurs to Small Firms
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Jones, Karen; Sambrook, Sally A.; Pittaway, Luke; Henley, Andrew; Norbury, Heather – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2014
This paper presents research with small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners who have participated in a leadership development programme. The primary focus of this paper is on learning transfer and factors affecting it, arguing that entrepreneurs must engage in "action" in order to "learn" and that under certain conditions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship
The Impact of Action Learning: What Difference Are We Making in the World?
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Turner, Arthur; Heneberry, Pamela – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2013
Involvement in a number of action-learning programmes and associated development opportunities has led the Professional Development Centre Limited to question the relevance of a strict adherence to the "rules" of action learning as described by Reg Revans. A deliberate focus of one such programme to a financial services organisation…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Experiential Learning, Organizational Development, Instructional Effectiveness
The Role of Action Research in the Development of Learning Networks for Entrepreneurs
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Brett, Valerie; Mullally, Martina; O'Gorman, Bill; Fuller-Love, Nerys – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2012
Developing sustainable learning networks for entrepreneurs is the core objective of the Sustainable Learning Networks in Ireland and Wales (SLNIW) project. One research team drawn from the Centre for Enterprise Development and Regional Economy at Waterford Institute of Technology and the School of Management and Business from Aberystwyth…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Networks, Sustainable Development
Agrisgop: Action Learning for Welsh Farmers
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Williams, Eirwen – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
The history of "Agrisgop"--an action learning programme that has established 173 action learning sets for members of farming families in Wales. (Contains 8 figures and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics