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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Action-learning"”.
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Exploring the processes of action learning in the National Health Service : dilemmas and paradoxes of evaluation
Action Learning has become one of the most importantprocesses for accelerating change and development toemerge in the National Health Service within the lastfew years.This thesis is concerned with an exploration of actionlearning through a piece of evaluative research whichfocuses on three …
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Towards a Mobile-Mediated Action Learning Framework for Pre-Service Teachers: A Design-Based Research Perspective
… their adoption as tools for teaching and learning in a 21st -century classroom remains a challenge. Mobile devices over the last decade have created significant shifts in society, changing how we communicate, access information and collaborate. However, in education, the pedagogical uses …
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The pedagogy of action learning facilitation – a critique of the role of the facilitator in an organisational leadership programme
… presents professional practice research into Action Learning (AL) facilitation. Motivated by a combination of my formative years of cultural transmission and my enduring interest in learning and how it is facilitated, I have explored the professional practice of the AL facilitator. This was …
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Can the reflective practice of action learning enhance criticality in MBAs? : A Bourdieusian analysis of organizing learning sets in the Pakistani business schools
… explore the cultural complexities of organizing action learning at three Pakistani business schools with the intention of investigating whether reflective practice can be established as a self-sustaining feature of MBA education. The study informs about the cultural conditions shaping the …
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To explore how high potential Chinese managers who are acquainted with each other practise critical reflective working behaviours through an in-house action learning programme.
There are varieties in the format an action learning. (AL) program is organized and their learning objectives were quite murky. However, according to Reg Revans, AL should be able to help the participants to learn critical self reflection which is also an important capability for a manager to lead …
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How the New Labour Government Third Way policies (1998-2010) and the delivery of the New Deal for Communities (NDC) regeneration programme impacted on participation in health care in an area-based initiative. A longitudinal study using action-learning research methodology in a New Deal for Communities Area Based Initiative
… Focus Group (HFG) in the NDC programme. Using action learning reflection techniques, the study analyses a purposeful sample of 15 from the local community, front-line workers, and strategic respondents involved in the NDC health programme. The research demonstrated the NDC did increase …
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The 'Mandala' philosophy of music for South African schools
… to self-actualization, problem-focused learning, transformation and the higher form of integration through music education. Through descriptive illustrations, analyses, comparisons and syntheses key concepts of this approach are highlighted to support cogent arguments. This approach …
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Participatory evaluation of the Bachelor of Indigenous Knowledge System at the University of Venda
… through Higher Education’s teaching and learning systems; the first cohort graduated in May 2018.The purpose of the program was to affirm that local African knowledge is a strong driving force not only in economic growth, but also in pursuance of excellence in the globalized knowledge …
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Evolving e-learning : Contributions and evaluations of the learning blend for higher education
… introduction, use and effectiveness of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), learning resource supports and experiences of applying these as blended learning supports for modules and programmes in universities. The author's five selected papers, which span seven years, address these perspectives …
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The collaborative construction of an intergenerational relationship education model to address the needs of grandparents caring for grandchildren orphaned by AIDS
… philosophical paradigm utilising a participatory action research approach to inquiry. The intergenerational relationship theory, activity theory and the continuity theory were the theoretical frameworks that informed this study. Ten grandparents formed the action learning set and eight …
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Workplace Learning for Faculty Professionals in the Changing Thai University Context: A Case Study of Sripatum University, Chonburi Campus
This study investigated the workplace learning of faculty staff at Sripatum University, Chonburi campus, Thailand. It is set in the context of significant change in Thai education and government legislation to improve the quality and standards of education at all levels. The aim was to improve …
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Person-centered care : using systemic and psychodynamically informed action research
This paper describes a three-year action research project, aimed to support staff in recognising and responding to loss of personhood in a continuing care setting. The context of this study was a National Health Service (NHS) nursing home for the long term care of older people. Interventions used …
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Building communication interventions for children with severe disabilities on cultural resources: an action research enquiry
… area of the basic human right to meaningful interactions and communication. Sustainable strategies to provide opportunities for basic communicative participation of these children are urgently sought. The focus of this study, grounded in the transformative paradigm, was on culturally determined …
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Walking My Talk as an Intentional, Embodied (Co)constructed Environmental Educator
… change, this work was embodied and action orientated with a thesis that the doing (action) is as important as the thinking and talking about it. A threedimensional model of exploring personal change through transformative education leading to social/cultural change was employed …
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Learning to teach in the operating room
… improved. Methods of study included interviews, action learning groups (ALG), and a questionnaire. The data were collected within the confines of a case study drawing on the principles of action research. The anaesthetic trainees taught mainly in the OR and interacted with three types of learner, …
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TeachBot : an education system workforce development
… system using a collaborative robot and online learning system for expanding the user base of robots. TeachBot is a robotic instructor that delivers a series of lectures stored on an online learning site. TeachBot is also a demonstration machine that can perform spatial movements and physically …
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A virtual community of practice approach to teacher professional development and learning
… has suggested that professional development and learning for teachers often produces disappointing results. Recent theory suggests that teacher professional learning presented within a situated learning and community of practice framework is likely to be more effective than the more traditional …
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Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Orientation of Undergraduate Science Students in Rwanda
… orientation (EO). EO involves intentions and actions related to risk-taking, autonomy, proactiveness, innovativeness and competitive aggressiveness which help firms and individuals to deal with uncertainties that characterize the environment in which they operate; to strategically and swiftly …
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A writerly trajectory: reflections on published classroom resources for learners of English and students of academic writing
… and cultural backgrounds, at the centre of the learning process. They embody research practices which apply theoretical insights from linguistics, education and literary studies; draw on pertinent data, such as corpora; or utilise action learning to investigate classroom problems and suggest …
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