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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:
- CARN-ALARA Conference (17-19 October 2019) - 100 presentations and counting
- Brisbane Conversation with Richard Teare 19 September 2019
- Secretary assistance required
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CARN-ALARA Conference, Split, Croatia, 17-19 October, 2019
Keynote Speakers Announced
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.
In addition to the previously announced three Keynote Speakers:
- Dr Susan Goff (Ecosystem Services Valuation)
- Professor Karen McArdle (Lather’s definition of praxis)
- Dr Lonnie Rowell (The role of action research in the current global crisis)
the CARN-ALARA 2019 Conference will include over 100 presentations with presenters coming from 20+ countries. Some examples:
- Mary Brydon-Miller (USA) - Critical Utopia Action Research as a Strategy to Support Asset-Based Community Development: An Example from South Gloucestershire
- Elżbieta Wołodźko (Poland) - Knowledge and its dynamics in the process of action research
- Katharina Rutzen (Germany) - Action research on responsive teaching and differentiation in Russian as a foreign language classrooms
- Christine Lechner (Austria) - Implementing & sustaining "Action Research Communities for Language Teachers": an interactive workshop
- Jackie Delong (Canada) - Changing and Creating Ourselves by Living our Values More Fully: Changing and Creating the World
- Konstantinos Sipitanos (Greece) - Reconsidering social action in everyday school practices: A PAR based on critical literacy educational practices
- Solveig Strangstadstuen (Norway) - How can we design a further education study in supervision for teachers as an action research project?
- Tonća Jukić (Croatia) - Action research in the eyes of the students
- Devanshi Jain (India) - Transforming Educational Spaces: Exploring Joy in Togetherness
Registrations close on 1 October 2019, so please hurry. More information is available on the Conference website or see ALARA's website.
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Brisbane ALARA Conversation - Is self-help the best way forward for subsistence communities?
The next Conversation is with Prof. Richard Teare from the Global University for Lifelong Learning, on 19 September 2019. See here for more information.
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Publications
ALARA has published a Monograph and ALARj. Members can access the Journal via the OJS website. Both the Journal and the Monograph are available on the ALARA website.
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. It is available for ALARA Members on the Monographs page.
ALARA is seeking a print-on-demand service provider to replace Sydney University Press. 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 hard copy.
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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.
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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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. The full Monograph is available via the Monograph's page.
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Other Events and Information
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Practicing action research – Reflecting on generating a new ‘full cycle’ social science - 12 September 2019 in Melbourne, Australia
Yoland Wadsworth will be presenting highlights from four decades of her social science career to show how practice-based co-inquiry culminated in a cutting-edge transdisciplinary theory. Please see here for more information.
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Cafe IFAL: The Future of Action Learning is Virtual - 12 September 2019 14:00 - 15:30 Britain Summer Time, on the Zoom video conferencing platform
John Heywood will put the case for virtual working. Participants will be asked to reflect on the why, what and how of virtual action learning and how adopting more virtual working can help tackle the climate crisis. Please see here to book.
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Training Workshop - Measuring Change: Evaluating Learning and Impact
Are you concerned with showcasing impact of your project? Do you want to know how to measure such impact? How do you ensure that the team is learning from the project? PRIA International Academy offers you the opportunity to attend a 4-day workshop on “Measuring Change: Evaluating Learning and Impact” from 24-27 September 2019. Register here.
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Call for the Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC) 2020 Conference
The Call for the Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC) 2020 Conference is now open at their website. This conference takes place from 21th to 24th April 2020 in Copenhagen (DK). More information is available here.
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Action Learning Workshop
Bob Dick will conduct an action learning workshop in Brisbane on 12-13 September. It will introduce people to the use of action learning projects and programs. More information is available here.
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ALARA Member Seeking Assignment
Bryan Carpenter, MA, CFIPD (UK), is an Associate Fellow of ALARA. As a previous action research university head of faculty, he has extensive international experience of teaching action research and facilitating action learning sets. He is based in Thailand and is actively looking for short term assignments in Australia (or remote). If interested please email direct to bryan.carpenter7[at]gmail.com for detailed information
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Special Issue of EARJ, entitled “Critical issues in socially just action research and practice”
Find out more about this special issue here.
The editors would be very grateful if authors could let them know as early as possible if they will be submitting an abstract, as this will help the editors' planning.
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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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WERA Introduces IRNs.
The World Education Research Association (WERA) has now established ten International Research Networks (IRNs). IRNs are collaborative groups of scholars working on a specific research topic primarily through virtual communication or other channels. They include Human Rights Education, Building Communities of Care and Orgainzational Education. Please see here for more information.
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Open Access Government July 2019
Open Access Government July 2019 showcases a wide array of insightful opinion articles on government policy issues across the globe, including health and social care, research and innovation, environment, agriculture, energy, transport, industry, ICT, blockchain innovation, government, legal affairs and HR & training. Out now and free to view.
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