Action_learning. Action Learning Guide. Action learning : a strategy for change. Action Learning and the national training system. Action research for professional development. Concise advice for new action researchers Jean McNiff First and Second Editions © Jean McNiff 1995, 1997 Third edition © Jean McNiff 2002Click here to download in Word Format (100 KB) This abridged version of the booklet is also available in a more expanded book form, from www.september-books.com – please see the weblink in the 'What's new' box on the home page.
Introduction to the third edition The text presented here originally took the form of a small booklet. The First Edition was published in 1995, and since then the booklet has travelled far, appearing in professional education courses in universities, schools and workplaces around the world. Jean McNiff Introduction to the first edition (slightly amended) Action research is becoming increasingly known as an approach that encourages practitioners to be in control of their own lives and contexts. This text aims to provide some general answers for the many people who ask, ‘What exactly is action research?’ Jean McNiff You do. For example, The Action Learning Handbook: Powerful Techniques for Education, Professional Development and Training. Virtual action learning: What's going on? Action learning. According to Confucius, I hear and I forget ; I see and I remember ; I do and I understand.
Action learning is an approach to solving real problems that involves taking action and reflecting upon the results. The learning that results helps improve the problem-solving process as well as the solutions the team develops. The action learning process includes (1) a real problem that is important, critical, and usually complex, (2) a diverse problem-solving team or "set", (3) a process that promotes curiosity, inquiry, and reflection, (4) a requirement that talk be converted into action and, ultimately, a solution, and (5) a commitment to learning. In many, but not all, forms of action learning, a coach is included who is responsible for promoting and facilitating learning as well as encouraging the team to be self-managing.
Action learning has many educational applications. Revans' Formula[edit] Professor Reginald Revans is the originator of action learning. Q uses : "closed" questions: who? Action Research as Action Learning as Action Research as Action Learning ... at Multiple Levels in Adult Education. Facilitating the Lean Supply Chain Action Learning Program. Firstly, why we prefer not to lecture A typical adult undertakes 8 learning projects a year and spends around 816 hours learning.
Most of this learning is self directed and occurs outside the formal education system. Learning approaches can be categorised as follows: Acquisitional Learning - where knowledge and skill are absorbed by reading or listening eg at conferences and seminarsExperiential Learning - involves learning by living, acting or observing and reflecting on the relationship between what was achieved and what was expectedExploratory learning - involves a deliberate, organised search for information involving questioning, hypothesis testing and experimentation When left to their own devices adults tend to show a marked preference for exploratory learning.
For most adults, exploratory learning is far more natural and effective than acquisitional learning. Action Learning emphasises exploratory and experiential learning. The Role of the Facilitator Qualities Required. Action Learning by Olivier Serrat. Seven Steps to ICT Integration - Fulltext - Step 4: Action Learning (IELHSS) Please read the following terms and conditions and click I Accept to continue, or Cancel to close this window. RMIT Training Pty Ltd (ACN 006 067 349) Level 9, 501 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, trading as RMIT Publishing (the Publisher) grants you, the User, access to the text of the selected and purchased copyright works included in the INFORMIT PAY-PER-VIEW SERVICE (the Service) on the following terms (the User Terms). 1. Definitions Coursepack means a collection or compilation of copyright works assembled by or on behalf of the Licensee for use by students for the purposes of instruction, and includes a collection or compilation of works in digital form; User means an individual who a Licensee has permitted to have occasional access to the Service via the Secure Network by means of a password and /or IP addressing. 2.
Permitted Uses 3. In consideration of the grant of this licence, the user agrees and acknowledges that: 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. WHAT'S ACTION LEARNING. Action Learning (AL) has been widely used for over fifty years as a highly effective problem solving and personal development process. It is a form of learning "from doing", where the classroom is the job environment or an individual’s personal surroundings, and where emphasis is placed on an individual’s responsibility for their own learning, although supportive but challenging learning partnerships are made available. More recently it has been used to provide a common language for knowledge sharing and sense making particularly in networks and groups e.g. communities of practice.
Since the mid-90's The Leadership Alliance Inc. (TLA) has been at the forefront in the introduction and implementation of AL in Canada through its sponsorship of the Canadian Chapter of The International Foundation for Action Learning (IFAL), and internationally in collaboration with other IFAL Chapters and AL collaboratives. For more detail on Action Learning click here. Butler-Action-Learning-and-Action-Research-Module.pdf (application/pdf Object) Action Learning article by Dr Michael Marquardt 2010.
Action learning videos. Action Learning. Action Learning: A-Z Resources.