The Practice of Learning History: Local and Open System Approaches
Hilary Bradbury, George Roth, Margaret Gearty ABSTRACT The learning history is a practice of action research aimed at documenting notable results so that collaborative groups and networks may develop work further. The work was originally developed by George Roth at MIT in the context of organizational learning in an auto manufacturing plant. It was developed […]
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Learning to overcome epistemological challenges: A case of a cross-cultural action research exchange program between the United States and Japan
Blog post by Noriyuki Inoue Cross-cultural experiences can offer unique opportunities to examine our assumptions that underlie our world views. So what can we learn from cross-cultural changes in AR? At the University of San Diego, I have been organizing an action research cross-cultural exchange program with Japanese partners in the last few years. This paper […]
Read More...Transforming knowledge creation for a more sustainable world through action research
In this 20 minute video presentation Hilary Bradbury Ph.D. covers some basic tenets of high quality contemporary action research. She describes action research as a complement to conventional research and offers examples of first person action research/practice (mindfulness program), second person action research/practice (learning history) and third person action research/practice (executive roundtable using systems […]
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The challenges of innovation for sustainable agriculture and rural development: integrating local actions into European policies with the Reflective Learning Methodology
Blog post by Heidrun Moschitz Innovation is no longer the linear transfer of new ideas and technology from science via education and extension to farmers. Instead, agricultural producers are seen as important actors in the innovation system, in which different actors jointly produce new techniques and organisational forms in Learning and Innovation Networks. Our paper in […]
Read More...A Conversation with SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research Editor David Coghlan
A Conversation with SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research Editor David Coghlan Click link above to see David’s video. See below for transcript. Encyclopedia of Action Research Presented by: David Coghlan I’m David Coghlan, and I’m from Dublin and I teach at Trinity College Dublin, and I work in the area of action research and published […]
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