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E-News - 17 February 2019

 

 

 

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Welcome to ALARA's regular e-News of activities, events and information

for the Action Learning / Action Research Community.

 

Your contributions to this fortnightly bulletin are welcome.  Please send any items to secretary@alarassociation.org

 

In this e-News: 

 
  • Call of submissions for CARN-ALARA Conference 17-19 October 2019

  • Secretary assistance required

  • Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference

  • Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice: Action Learning & Social Action


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AREOL Course

 

AREOL is a free 15-week online course in action research and evaluation. Twice a year ALARA sponsors this online course on action research and evaluation. The next program runs from mid-February to late May, with orientation material sent out in early February. The course is conducted by plain text email, to keep bandwidth low. Bob Dick facilitates it. If you wish to subscribe to it, email Bob - bd@bigpond.net.au.

 




 
     
 


 
   

Brisbane ALARA Conversations

You are invited to ALARA’s next conversation and first for 2019 with Bob Dick, titled "Action Learning and Action Research” on Thursday 21 February from 5.30pm to 8pm at Yeronga Village. See attached for more information.

 




 
   

Split Croatia

 
 


 
 

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CARN-ALARA Conference, Split, Croatia, 17-19 October, 2019

ALARA Ltd is pleased to be working with the Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) to present the CARN-ALARA 2019 Conference in Split Croatia from 17-19 October 2019.

 

The Call for submissions has now opened. More information is available on the Conference website or see ALARA's website.

 

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New Publications

ALARA has published a new Monograph and ALARj. Members can access the Journal via the OJS website. Both the Journal and the Monograph will be available on the ALARA website by the end of January.

 

The Monograph is by Eileen Piggot-Irvine, Wendy Rowe and Lesley Ferkins,entitled Thumbs Up for Action Research in Case Studies from the Evaluation Study of Action Research.

 

Sydney University Press has decided to end its print-on-demand service to external organisations, which means ALARA must seek a new print-on-demand provider. Any suggestions or assistance in this pursuit would be welcomed - please contact Colin Bradley. Once ALARA has signed with a new provider, these publications will be available in hardcopy.

 



 
 

 

 

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Secretary Assistance Requested

Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd is seeking assistance in two roles, which could be performed by one or two people. These roles are Minute Secretary and Administration Support Secretary.

 
  • Minute Secretary: The Minute Secretary may attend meetings of the Board (usually 11 per year), and does attend meetings of the Committees Group (between 6 and 10 per year) and the Annual General Meeting.

  • Administration Support Secretary: The Administration Support Secretary supports the Board on all matters related to the general administration of ALARA.


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Each role requires between about 2 and 10 hours per month. A full description of the work is available here. ALARA will consider applicants in a volunteer or paid capacity.

 

ALARA also have a number of important initiatives for which we are seeking assistance, such as developing a marketing plan, helping to create local networks or conversation events in any location where members wish to meet, approaching organisations that utilise Action Learning / Action Research that may wish to support ALARA and its activities, and developing relationships with organisations that will provide benefits to members and the wider Action Learning / Action Research community.

 

A description of the initiatives is available here. If you would like to discuss these roles or initiatives, or would like to undertake one or more of them, please contact ALARA (secretary@alarassociation.org or president@alarassociation.org).

 

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Call for papers for Action Learning and Action Research Journal

ALARA has published the Action Learning and Action Research Journal for 23 years, and you are invited to submit papers for the 2019 issues. Please visit the ALARj on the OJS site or see the submission guidelines on ALARA's website for more information.

 


 
 

 

 

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2015 World Congress Proceedings

 

2015 World Congress Proceedings Published

ALARA has published the 9th Action Learning, Action Research and 13th Participatory Action Research 2015 World Congress Proceedings. It is available via Sydney University Press, or ALARA's website for more information.

 


 
 

 

 

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ALARA Monograph available

As well as the ALARA 7th Monograph, mentioned above, ALARA has published the 6th Monograph in its series: Beyond the boundary: Is there Something Called 'Real Knowledge'? by Davies, Shamshoum, Nyland and Clarke. Members can access the full Monograph via the Monograph's page, or via Sydney University Press.

 

   


 
 

 

 

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Join ALARA social media platforms and contribute your action learning/action research news

ALARA is active on social media. You can read about ALARA activities and learn about new resources and innovations via Twitter @alaraevents or the Facebook group, ‘Action Learning Action Research Association Inc (ALARA)’. There is also a LinkedIn group for students (and their supervisors) using action learning or action research, see: ALARA Inc. Tertiary Education Community Private Group. We invite you to ask questions, make comments or share your work with us all. See you there!

 


 
 

 

 

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Submission of Monographs

Our Monographs Editor welcomes submission of Monographs at editor@alarassociation.org. For further information please see the Monograph submission guidelines.

   

 



 
 

 

 

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Purchase a copy of Action Learning, Action Research Journal, Vol 22, No. 2, Vol 22, No. 1, Vol 21, No. 1, Vol. 20 No. 2 2014, Vol. 20 No. 1 2014, Vol.19 No.1 and 2 2013 and Vol.18 No.2. 2012 

Now available for purchase from Sydney University Press plus postage (before they close the site!).

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Other Events and Information

 


 
 

 

Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference

Early bird registration for the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference in Darwin on 18-20 June 2019 is open until until 29 March 2019. Register now. There are a number of major events happening in Darwin around June, so be sure to book your travel and accommodation early!

 


 
 

 

 

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Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice: Action Learning & Social Action

Submissions are invited for a Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice to be published in Spring 2020. See here for more information.



 
 

 

 

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EJOLTS 10th Anniversary.

The December issue of EJOLTS is now available, concluding the year of celebration of EJOLTS 10th anniversary. Also available is Jack Whitehead's book - Whitehead, J. (2018). Living Theory research as a way of life. Bath UK: Brown Dog Books - is now available in hard copy and e-copy from Amazon and other online bookshopsinformation.

 


 
 

 

 

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AR+ Transformations Gathering March 7-10 2019 in Gothenburg Sweden

Hilary Bradbury has been organising AR+ Transformations gathering at Chalmers University event. Expect to enjoy yourself (yoga every day if that's your thing!) and tons of sharing of mutually transformative action-oriented learning. They are already putting a structure in place to support collective follow up. If you're feeling called to this unfolding tribe of action-oriented transformations researchers, it's time to register.

 

The pre-Gathering (free) webinars are now underway, so go to the website for more information.

 


 
 

 

 

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Call for WERA-IRN Proposals.

The World Education Research Association (WERA) invites proposals to establish International Research Networks (IRNs). IRNs are collaborative groups of scholars working on a specific research topic primarily through virtual communication or other channels. For more information.