Action Learning, Performativity and Negative Capability

Autor/in	Edmonstone, John
Titel	Action Learning, Performativity and Negative Capability
Quelle	In: Action Learning: Research and Practice, 13 (2016) 2, S.139-147 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7333
DOI	10.1080/14767333.2016.1168735
Schlagwörter	Experiential Learning; Accountability; Performance Factors; Cognitive Style; Ambiguity (Context); Capacity Building; Positive Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Learning Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Verantwortung; Leistungsindikator; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Negative Fixierung; Learning process; Lernprozess
Abstract	The paper examines the concept of negative capability as a human capacity for containment and contrasts it with well-valued positive capability as expressed through performativity in organisations and society. It identifies the problem of dispersal--the complex ways we behave in order to avoid the emotional challenges of living with uncertainty. The action learning set is considered as a "container"--a holding and enabling framework which temporarily holds the set member's uncertainty until they can manage it for themselves. Finally, it is suggested that learning arises from working at the edges between knowing (positive capability/performativity) and not-knowing (negative capability) because it offers the possibility of exposure to truth "in the moment" or insight. It involves living with uncertainty, yet still ultimately acting in the world. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01