Professional Learning in Higher Education and Communities: Towards a New Vision for Action Research
O. Zuber-Skerritt · M. Fletcher · J. Kearney
Feb 2015 · Springer
Ebook
312
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About this ebook
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.
About the author
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.
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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