Action learning : a guide for professional, management and educational development

Preface to the revised second edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Using the Guide -- 2. What is Action Learning? -- 3. How a Set Works -- 4. Being a Set Member -- 5. Being a Facilitator -- 6. Types of Action Learning -- 7. A Workshop for Introducing Action Learning -- 8. Skills Development: The Basics -- 9. Additional Skills -- 10. Learning and Development -- 11. Continuing Professional Development -- 12. Using Action Learning for Management Development -- 13. Action Learning in Higher Education -- 14. Action Learning: A Contribution to Individual, Organizational and Social Change -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Addresses -- Index.

Action learning is a method of learning that takes place in a group - of colleagues or students. It is widely used in a wide number of educational fields, particularly where learning in groups is appropriate. Action learning is established in both higher education and in professional learning and training situations. First published in 1995, this is a guide to using action learning techniques successfully.;Written by two leading figures in the field, this revised edition retains the same practical guidebook approach to how action learning works. Key points include being a facilitator of action learning, and running workshops for a variety of situations, including higher education, organizational change and professional development.