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Online courses support a fuller educational process
A recent report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) concludes that there is no single solution for learning in today’s competitive environment. The answer is to experiment and mix traditional methods with newer, online solutions.
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In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
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Eric Hoffer
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Our approach is to develop learning experiences in relatively small, self-contained modules and to offer flexibility to suit mixed methods whether the need is for simple training or a complex, tutor-led programme of discovery.
The learning aims are to support:
- Personal development – through reflective practices
- Leadership – increasing political and cultural awareness for creating strategies
- Collaboration – achieving social change through partnerships
Methods
Interaction with other learners through the courses will lead to exposure of your own values and your awareness of other people’s opinions and beliefs.
System Thinking provides methodologies to tackle the complicated interactions and interdependencies of human affairs within the ecosystems of the world.
Action Research methods aim for personal transformation through collaborative inquiry and experiences that will lead to an increased ability to initiate and manage change.
Recommended books
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Handbook of Action Research
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Participative Inquiry and Practice
Peter Reason (Editor), Hilary Bradbury (Editor), 2000
Sage
ISBN: 0761966455
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A comprehensive collection of essays from leading proponents of Action Research. This book draws together the different strands of action research, demonstrating their diverse applications and showing their interrelations. Far-reaching in scale and scope, the Handbook informs readers about the latest approaches, both quantitative and qualitative, in social inquiry, and moves the field forward with fresh insights and applications. Throughout, the contributing authors grapple with questions of how to integrate knowledge with action, how to collaborate with co-researchers in the field, and how to present the necessarily 'messy' components in a coherent fashion. The organization of the volume reflects the many different issues and levels of analysis represented. |
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