Overview

By integrating neuroscience and social science, this book introduces a bold new vision of Participatory Action Learning and Action Research (PALAR). The authors explain and enhance the art of action research through PALAR as a philosophy, methodology and theory of learning and as a facilitation process for professional learning and social justice.

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Author:   O. Zuber-Skerritt ,  M. Fletcher ,  J. Kearney
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.974kg
ISBN:  

9781137455178

ISBN 10:   1137455179
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   20 February 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THROUGH CRITICAL REFLECTION 1. Conceptual Framework 2. Professional Learning 3. Critical Reflection 4. Action Research PART II: CASE STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMUNITIES 5. Professional Learning with Academics: Case Studies from South Africa 6. Professional Learning with Community Leaders: Case Studies from Six African Countries 7. Professional Learning through University-Community Partnerships in Australia PART III: IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 8. Professional Learning through an Action Research Thesis 9. Conclusions and Critical Reflections

Reviews

It is rare to find such an exceptional contribution to knowledge and change as this new book by leading world scholars on action research and professional learning. - Professor Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor, University of the Free State, South Africa This thought-provoking book provides a treasure trove even for experienced readers in the field. - Emeritus Professor Stephan Laske, University of Innsbruck, Austria

It is rare to find such an exceptional contribution to knowledge and change as this new book by leading world scholars on action research and professional learning. - Professor Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor, University of the Free State, South Africa This thought-provoking book provides a treasure trove even for experienced readers in the field. - Emeritus Professor Stephan Laske, University of Innsbruck, Austria The richness of this book is that it seeks to influence higher education by bringing together a conceptual framework that integrates developments in neuroscience, critical thinking and reflection, action research and professional learning and which is applied to real life cases. - Dr David Coghlan, Associate Professor, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland This new book offers a provocative and expansive look at its focus, the use of action learning and action research in the professional learning of people in a range of contexts. The authors have solid practical and research experience in diverse countries, which they bring to bear on the topic. - Dr Pip Bruce Ferguson, Teaching Development Unit, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand The authors pitch PALAR as an all-encompassing way of learning, researching and living in both professional and informal contexts. Drawing on their extensive experience as facilitators of organisational, professional and community development, they offer easy-to-understand explanations of very complex philosophical issues. -Professor Lesley Wood, North West University, South Africa This work provides an important response to calls to simplify educational research by forcing complex and challenging questions into ever more narrow methodological channels when what is required is the kind of expansive and creative questions and responses suggested here. - Professor Mary Brydon-Miller, Director, Action Research Centre, Educational Studies and Urban Educational Leadership, University of Cincinnati, USA This book is not a quick read. It is enlightening and provocative. And for the scholar-practitioner of action research it draws together disparate ideas, concepts and methodological activity into a comprehensive framework that will deepen understanding and enhance praxis. -Dr Wendy Rowe, Associate Professor, School of Leadership Studies, Royal Roads University, Canada The book provides a tantalising treat for anyone facilitating, or engaged in, professional learning, community capacity building or organisational development. -Dr Ron Passfield, Adjunct Professor, Australian Institute of Business (AIB), Adelaide, Australia As an advocate of lifelong learning for all, I warmly endorse this thought-provoking book. - Dr Richard Teare, Co-Founder and President, Global University for Lifelong Learning This new book on Action Research for professional learning pushes the boundaries of models and applications of Action Research in a variety of contexts and countries. - Pip Bruce Ferguson, Educational Journal of Living Theories

This book is not just another volume on action research that quotes all the well-known references, but one of the most informative and elegantly constructed books on Action Research I have read recently. ... I highly commend this volume to practitioners in Development Studies, Mission Studies, and to students of action research particularly in continuing, higher and community education. ... Buy a copy for your own interest, and recommend it to post-grad action researchers and to your institution's librarian. (Brian Wakeman, Educational Action Research, Vol. 25 (5), October, 2017) The text is well researched and draws on the important work of others ... to provide a robust discussion and valuable resource for the researcher. The text will, no doubt, be valuable for students, researchers and supervisors of AR which focuses on transforming and improving challenging and complex workplace and community settings. (Teresa De Fazio, Higher Education Research & Development, October, 2016) This new book on Action Research for professional learning pushes the boundaries of models and applications of Action Research in a variety of contexts and countries. - Pip Bruce Ferguson, Educational Journal of Living Theories

Author Information

Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt is Professor Extraordinaire, North West University, South Africa. Her previous books include Lifelong Action Learning for Community Development (2013) with Richard Teare, and Action Research for Sustainable Development in a Turbulent World (2012).   Margaret Fletcher has been working as an educator for 40 years and her research and publications focus on best practice in teaching, learning and change facilitation with an emphasis on using action research methods to explore innovative and transformative solutions to complex problems.   Judith Kearney is Director of Community Partnerships at the School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia.

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