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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptual Framework
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Professional Learning through Critical Reflection
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Case Studies in Higher Education and Communities
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Implications and Conclusions
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About this book
Reviews
“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
"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
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Professional Learning in Higher Education and Communities
Book Subtitle: Towards a New Vision for Action Research
Authors: Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, Margaret Fletcher, Judith Kearney
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137455185
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Education Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, Margaret Fletcher and Judith Kearney 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45517-8Published: 20 February 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-49809-3Published: 01 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-45518-5Published: 05 February 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 312
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Higher Education, Educational Psychology, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Neuropsychology