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Towards a New Vision for Action Research Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, Margaret Fletcher and Judith Kearney North West University, South Africa, and Griffith University, Australia
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Professional Learning in Higher Education and Communities
© Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, Margaret Fletcher and Judith Kearney 2015 Foreword © Jonathan D. Jansen 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.
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The photograph on the front cover reminds us of Reg Revans, the ‘Father of Action Learning’, and his metaphor illustrating the limitations of human knowledge and understanding in the face of the ‘wide ocean of our ignorance’.1
1 Revans, R. (1991). Reg Revans speaks about action learning. Video program produced by Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt. University of Queensland, Brisbane: Video Vision, ITS (published on DVD in 2006 by Acaciacom, Brisbane).
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We dedicate this book to Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), freedom fighter, statesman and first democratically elected President of South Africa (1994–1999). He was sentenced to life in prison in 1964 as an activist for the African National Congress (ANC). On his release in 1990 he became the leader of the ANC and engaged in talks on the introduction of majority rule with President Frederik Willem de Klerk, with whom he shared the Nobel Prize in 1993. Nelson Mandela is a global hero and champion. He lived the values we hold deeply for our vision of action research, including freedom of speech, equality and equity of all humankind: commitment to peaceful negotiations; civil rights and social justice; community engagement; poverty reduction through employment; and education and higher education opportunities for all. The quotations at the beginning of each chapter are selected from Hatang, S., and Sahm, V. (Eds) (2011). Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations. Johannesburg: Pan Macmillan. We thank the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the publishers for their permission to use these quotations.
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Dedication
Contents Foreword Jonathan D. Jansen Acknowledgements
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About the Authors
xiv
Reviewers’ Comments
xvi
List of Tables
xx
List of Figures
xxi
List of Acronyms 1
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Conceptual Framework Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt
1
Part I Professional Learning through Critical Reflection
39
2
Professional Learning Margaret Fletcher
41
3
Critical Reflection Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt
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4
Action Research Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt
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Part II 5
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7
Case Studies in Higher Education and Communities
135
Professional Learning with Academics: Case Studies from South Africa Margaret Fletcher and Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt
137
Professional Learning with Community Leaders: Case Studies from Six African Countries Margaret Fletcher, Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt and Judith Kearney
170
Professional Learning through University–Community Partnerships in Australia Judith Kearney and Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt
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Contents
Part III
Implications and Conclusions
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Professional Learning through an Action Research Thesis Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt and Margaret Fletcher
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Conclusions and Critical Reflections Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, Margaret Fletcher and Judith Kearney
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Appendices
271
Author Index
279
Subject Index
284
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