Safe or Unsafe? The Paradox of Action Learning

Autor/inn/en	Robertson, Jane; Bell, Diane
Titel	Safe or Unsafe? The Paradox of Action Learning
Quelle	In: Action Learning: Research and Practice, 14 (2017) 2, S.185-196 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7333
DOI	10.1080/14767333.2017.1310691
Schlagwörter	Experiential Learning; Educational Philosophy; Management Development; Stress Variables; Anxiety; Learning Processes; Psychological Patterns; Correlation; Models; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Program Descriptions; Case Studies; Professional Development; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Angst; Learning process; Lernprozess; Korrelation; Analogiemodell; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Business Driven Action Learning (BDAL), as a learning philosophy that attempts to create real value for business is often used by executive education providers in their management development programmes. As the action learning facilitator, I found that the learning that took place during such a management development programme resulted in participants experiencing stress, anxiety and high levels of frustration, which threatened the learning process. The resulting paradox in the learning environment is that the same anxiety that is necessary to ensure that learning took place has the propensity, if too high to hamper learning. Utilising the findings from this research, this account of practice makes recommendations for the action learning facilitator to consider while guiding action learning sets (groups). The facilitator can alleviate many of the fears by emphasising that anxiety is necessary in the learning process. The facilitator can mediate the learning relationship between the individual participant and the learning environment as depicted in the model at the end of the article. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01