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The Role of the Blended Action Learning Facilitator: An Enabler of Learning and a Trusted Inquisitor
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Thornton, Kate; Yoong, Pak – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
This paper reports on a research study that involved the use of blended action learning to support leadership development within the New Zealand education sector. An important contributor to the success of this technology-enabled approach to professional learning was the role taken by the blended action learning facilitator. Two complementary…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Facilitators (Individuals), Teacher Role
Leadership and Learning in the Arts
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Bligh, Di; Chacksfield, Clare; Sapsed, Ruth – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
This account of practice outlines a national programme for current and aspiring leaders in the arts and cultural sector. One of the main constituents of this leadership offer was an intensive six-day action learning facilitator training programme. This account reviews this programme with the help of reflections from two participants, each of whom…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Leadership Training, Creativity, Art
Qualities and Practices of Professional Social Work Leadership in an Interdisciplinary Mental Health Service: An Action Learning Approach
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McNabb, David; Webster, Michael – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2010
Since the mid-1980s, health service restructuring in New Zealand has strengthened managerialism, arguably detracting from professional considerations. Professional leaders without line-management responsibilities have replaced social work departments headed by a professional social worker. An emerging social work contribution to interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Leadership, Social Work
Participating in a Collaborative Action Learning Set (CAL): Beginning the Journey
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McCormack, Brendan; Henderson, Elizabeth; Boomer, Christine; Collin, Ita; Robinson, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action learning is being increasingly utilised as a strategy to underpin practitioner focused development and research projects in healthcare generally and nursing in particular. Whilst facilitators of and participants in action learning have a variety of resource materials to guide their practice and participation, there continue to be few…
Descriptors: Nurses, Learning Strategies, Experiential Learning, Nursing Education
Where Should the Action Be--Inside the Classroom or outside the Classroom? A Comparison of the Action-Learning Outcomes in Singapore, China, Korea, New Zealand and Australia
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Mueller, Jens; Liang, Tan Wee; Hanjun, Hu; Thornton, John – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2006
In this paper, the authors review more than 300 reports of students in New Zealand, Australia, China, Singapore and South Korea who have participated in a global action-learning program to teach entrepreneurship and free market economics to their respective communities, through Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE). The authors use the results of…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Free Enterprise System
Developing Healthcare Practice through Action Learning: Individual and Group Journeys
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Wilson, Valerie; McCormack, Brendan; Ives, Glenice – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action Learning is now a well established strategy for reflective inquiry in healthcare. Whilst a great deal is know about action learning there has been inadequate research on the process of learning that takes place, and the impact that this holds for individuals, groups or organisations. This article reports on the findings of 15-month action…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Inquiry