[OSList] Know some great written material on Action Research + Facilitation ?

[Anne A Hiha]

Hi Lisa

You could also check out the work of John Heron. http://www.human-inquiry.com/jhcvpubl.htm#Publ

Regards

Anne

From: lisaheft at openingspace.net
To: oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:28:06 -0700
Subject: Re: [OSList] Know some great written material on Action Research	+	Facilitation ?

A deep bow to you and many thanks, Chuni, Tonnie, Andrew and Paul - for your referrals to literature specifically about facilitation as it relates to Action Research.Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with me.Your collective interest deepens my learning and my abilities to explain this aspect of Action Research and in doing so, shares this knowledge with more people who would love to learn about it.If anybody else has any favorite written resources specifically about this - thanks for letting me know.
And Tonnie - I have warm memories of our great experiences and learning at the WOSonOS those few years ago. I smile when I think of it, and of you...
Cheers,Lisa
      Hi, folks - I am doing some writing about action research as it specifically applies to facilitation. (and thank you Keith and Mike for a stimulating butterfly conversation about that at the WOSonOS. Loved it.). Action Research might best be described as different approaches to product design, social issues, organizational systems or other change / improvement goals that combine ideas, actions and reflection in a continuous cycle. One example of this is where a group of people in an organization might get together to think up a new way of doing something (reflecting on what is known or learned so far), then roll it out into the organization, gathering data on what works / what does not work so well, then meeting again to review and reflect... and continuing the cycle: putting what they learned into adjusting the way of doing something, rolling it out again in its next version... and so on.  This is done in some organizations, businesses and communities and for everything from health care to community services to education. Above is my very simplistic way of describing it it but I'm guessing you know what I mean. I would love to include in my writing some books or articles - online or otherwise - that *specifically* discuss Action Research as it relates to Facilitation. And my own learning about this is from the School of Life rather than through reading. So if there are papers, books or articles that you would like me to include on this 'where to learn more' list - thank you for letting me know at lisaheft at openingspace.net Many thanks,Lisa  
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