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Professional Learning in Higher Education and Communities : Towards a New Vision for Action Research / by O. Zuber-Skerritt, M. Fletcher, J. Kearney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zuber-Skerritt, O., Author.
- Fletcher, M., Author.
- Kearney, J., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International education.
- Comparative education.
- Education, Higher.
- Educational psychology.
- Educational sociology.
- Neuropsychology.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Higher Education.
- Educational Psychology.
- Sociology of Education.
- Local Subjects:
- International and Comparative Education.
- Higher Education.
- Educational Psychology.
- Sociology of Education.
- Neuropsychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.) ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Reviewers' Comments; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Acronyms; 1 Conceptual Framework; Part I Professional Learning through Critical Reflection; 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 AustraliaPart III Implications and Conclusions; 8 Professional Learning through an Action Research Thesis; 9 Conclusions and Critical Reflections; Appendices; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781349498093
- 1349498092
- 9781137502995
- 1137502991
- 9781137455185
- 1137455187
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