Conferences as Sites of Learning and Development

Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt is Director of OZI (Ortrun Zuber International P/L) specializing in action learning and action research, leadership development programs, and postgraduate research training and supervision, including qualitative research methods. She is also Adjunct Professor at Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia); Extraordinary Professor at North-West University (Potchefstroom, South Africa); and Regional President Australasia, Global University for Lifelong Learning (GULL).

• Foreword; Robert Balfour Introduction; Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt Part I: The Action Learning and Action Research Association (ALARA) History and Culture of ALARA: The Action Learning and Action Research Association; Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt and Ron Passfield Reflections and Future Perspectives on Action Research for Sustainable Development in a Turbulent World; Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, Lesley Wood and Bob Dick Part II: The Learning Conference The Learning Conference in Theory and Practice: From Presentation to Publication; Ina Louw and Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt The Learning Conference and Worldview Transformations; Richard Bawden and Melanie Williams Knowledge Development and Translation through Action Learning and Action Research: A ‘Learning Conference’ Experience; Robyn Lynn and Michelle Redman-MacLaren Facilitating Cross-Cultural Understanding via ALARA Conferences; Pip Bruce Ferguson Part III: Applications and Case Studies Action Learning with Student Volunteers at an ALARA Conference; Shankar Sankaran and Colin Bradley Learning in Action: Extending Our Understanding of Appreciative Inquiry; Cathy Sharp and Belinda Dewar Inclusive Pathways for Lifelong Action Learning; Judith Kearney, Richard Teare and Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt Part IV: Reflections on ALARA and its Learning Conferences Reflections on the World Congress in Cartagena in 1997; Ron Passfield and Associates Personal and Professional Learning: Experiential Accounts of First-Time Participants at a Learning Conference; Gina Blackberry Are We Practising What We Preach? Critical Reflections on the Value of the ALARA World Congress 2015 for Sustainable Learning and Development; Lesley Wood Looking Toward the Future of Action Learning and Action Research through Global Network Collaboration; Joseph M. Shosh Conclusions and Critical Reflections; Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt

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