The Practical Primacy of Questions in Action Learning

Marilee G. Adams

Chapter 7 in Action Learning and its Applications, 2010, pp 119-130 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The centrality of questions in action learning is fundamental for both theory and practice. Reg Revans, the principal pioneer of action learning, a scientist who made important contributions to the fields of management and organizational development, put the search for fresh questions and questioning insight at the core of action learning. He emphasized that questioning insight is the starting point and that people learn very effectively from and with each other, as distinguished from highly formal didactic approaches to learning. His focus was on “learning while doing,” with questions accelerating and deepening this process, which also includes self-questioning and reflection. One reflects on what has occurred or what is occurring (reflection in action), which allows one to harvest the learning.

Keywords: Action Learning; Conflict Relationship; Transformative Learning; Personal Conversation; Effective Answer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230250741_7

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