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The Practical Primacy of Questions in Action Learning

In: Action Learning and its Applications

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  • Marilee G. Adams

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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.

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  • Marilee G. Adams, 2010. "The Practical Primacy of Questions in Action Learning," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Robert L. Dilworth & Yury Boshyk (ed.), Action Learning and its Applications, chapter 7, pages 119-130, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-25074-1_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230250741_7
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