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In recent years, Action Learning has gained currency as an approach to developing people by using work-based or problem-based learning. This book introduces theory, research, and practice of the two authors and colleagues (O'Neil & Marsick) who have both researched and applied Action Learning.

Like this interesting tips for teaching my workshop and providing more resources for the staff.

relevant to uptake (adoption and adaptation) of tools/processes learned in workshops and to building a constituency

This article focuses on the many aspects of educational change. From history, to meaning, to processes, this seems to have it all and is really easy to read.

This article can be used for those who may want to begin using humor in your class without losing sight of the learning objectives.

This is a great read and humor has many long term benefits for overall health and well being. In nursing, it can be very stressful and humor can be a very effective measure to relieve stress.

The brain-based learning material that I have been reading recommends surprise as an important tool to gain and hold students' attention. Humor fits with this. The article recommends a highly organized, thought-out, and planned approach which may work for some but other teachers might just want to wing it.

A second grade class works together to identify disruptive students in the class and researches which educational methods would be likely to decrease these students' disruptive behaviors.

"developmental evaluation" contrasted with traditional: Complexity-Based, Developmental Evaluations... provide feedback, generate learnings, support direction or affirm changes in direction. develop new measures and monitoring mechanisms as goals emerge & evolve. position evaluation as an internal, team function integrated into action and ongoing interpretive processes. design the evaluation to capture system dynamics, interdependencies, and emergent interconnections. aim to produce context-specific understandings that inform ongoing innovation. accountability centered on the innovators' deep sense of fundamental values and commitments. learning to respond to lack of control and stay in touch with what's unfolding and thereby respond strategically. evaluator collaborates in the change effort to design a process that matches philosophically and organizationally. evaluation supports hunger for learning.

Quite theoretical approach to evaluation that recognizes that the real world is not as neat as controlled scientific experiements

A range of approaches loosely linked by the value of getting people to tell stories about their lives. Some influence from White and Epston's narrative therapy in some chapters. A chapter of autobiographical narratives of people in the field (incl. Sternberg) mostly emphasizes who helped them on their paths; not much insight into how we address challenges.