Conferences as Sites of Learning and Development: Using participatory action learning and action research approaches

Zuber-skerritt, Ortr

ISBN 10: 0415360242 / ISBN 13: 9780415360241

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017

About this Item

Editor(s): Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun. Num Pages: 262 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables, 1 black & white halftones, 12 bl. BIC Classification: JNF; JNM; JNP; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 526. . 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conferences as Sites of Learning and Development: Using participatory action learning and action research approaches
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415360242
• ISBN 13: 9780415360241
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This book applies and expands upon the concept of the ‘learning conference’ as a site of learning and development, using the paradigm and methodologies of participatory action learning and action research (PALAR).

Making a significant contribution to the field, this is the first book to outline the characteristics and development of a learning conference culture in theory and practice. It demonstrates how application of the learning conference concept can maximise learning opportunities and successful research outcomes to bring about sustainable professional, organizational and community development.

An international team of contributors offer their diverse perspectives on conferences and the practical and theoretical work conducted at these events. They contextualize these reflections in the light of global developments in this increasingly troubled twenty-first century marked by greater complexity through technology, globalization, neo-liberalism, climate change and other sources of practical and ideological change, all of which enhance the conceptual and practical utility of the learning conference.

About the Author

Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt is Director of OZI (Ortrun Zuber International P/L) specializing in action learning and action research, leadership development programs, and postgraduate research training and supervision, including qualitative research methods. She is also Adjunct Professor at Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia); Extraordinary Professor at North-West University (Potchefstroom, South Africa); and Regional President Australasia, Global University for Lifelong Learning (GULL).