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Trantom, John – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2013
This account of practice considers action learning within an accredited leadership course at a post-1992 university. It outlines a more individualistic approach than that envisioned by Reg Revans and questions how this technique, inherited from a Staff Development colleague, could potentially be improved.
Descriptors: Barriers, Leadership, Foreign Countries, Staff Development
Boydell, Tom; Blantern, Chris – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2007
In this paper we propose that all knowledge is made through social processes and is political (of the people involved). If one invests in a relational or historical ontology (a philosophical choice) there are implications for the way action learning is practiced. We illuminate some of these "relational practices". We purport that action learning…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Organizational Change, Questionnaires, Cognitive Processes
Ashton, Sam – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2006
The purpose of action learning is to learn through devising solutions and strategies in response to problems and implementing them through deliberative action. To understand the relation between action and learning, learners and facilitators need sufficient understanding of both concepts, but they are handicapped by lack of adequate theory and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning
Coghlan, David; Pedler, Mike – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2006
In qualification programmes based on action learning, there has hitherto been little articulation of what is particular to research dissertations undertaken in an action learning mode. This article addresses the questions of what such a dissertation entails and how it can be undertaken, supervised and examined. It discusses some of the foundations…
Descriptors: Learning Modalities, Experiential Learning, Doctoral Dissertations, Management Development