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Action Learning Action Research and PAR World Congress 2025 - Presentations

 

ALARA

AUT Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (AUT SPRINZ)

University of Technology Sydney

Medici di Makati College

11th Action Learning Action Research and
15th Participatory Action Research
World Congress

September 2025

Putting Global Collaboration at the Heart of Action Research

Presentations

The World Congress will be at:

  • AUT Sports Performance Research Institute NZ on 18th and 19th September 2025
  • University of Technology Sydney on 23rd and 24th September 2025
  • Medici di Makati College Manila on 30th September and 1st October 2025
  • and online on the above dates.

As presentations are reviewed and approved, ALAR Association will place their details below.

Auckland 18th and 19th September 2025

  • Atkins, D, Kaukau, A, Thompson, K, Farnham, A, McDonald, H & Paratene, E Reimagining Health and Physical Education curriculum design through a Kaupapa Māori Lens: A Participatory Action Research Approach.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Bhanot, G Empowering Co-Agency for Establishing Visionary Strategists.
    Read the abstract here.
    See a short video about this presentation.
  • Crezee, I, Andajani, S & Wong Soon, HN From barriers to care: Co-creating culturally safe immunisation support through community-led wananga.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Kaukau A Braiding Knowledge Streams: Applying He Awa Whiria through Participatory Action Research to Support Bicultural Physical Education in English Medium Schools.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Kayrouz D Towards better understandings of lived experience in action research: Bridging the differences between feelings and facts.
    Read the abstract here.
    See a short video about this presentation.
  • MacIntosh, E, Kerwin, S & Ritondo T Unpacking the Complexity of Advisory Groups: Actively Engaging Individuals and Groups within an Action Research Project.
    Read the abstract here.
  • McCallum, K, Ferkins, L & Jelleyman, C Developing inclusive leadership practices in sport boards; An action research study in collaboration with New Zealand Cricket.
    Read the abstract here.
  • McCormack, L Solving more than problems: Co-creating numeracy confidence and resilience in year 9 wahine.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Molineux, J Stories from teachers and school leaders about their experiences of secondary trauma and strategies to mitigate its impact (also in Sydney).
    Read the abstract here.
  • Piggot-Irvine, E, Fogarty, D, Schoone, A & Bruce, J Action Research Project Attempt at Authentic Collaboration in Alternative Education: Global Lessons?.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Prevett, A, Lam, J & Wadham, B The Unfolding Crisis: Collaborative Action to Overcome Barriers to Inclusivity in Veteran Organisations.
    Read the abstract here.
    See a short video about this presentation.
  • Rai, M From Reflection to Transformation: Action Research in the Evolution of Teaching Practice.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Talmage, A, Purdy, C, Rakena, TO & Rickson, D Harmony and Counterpoint: Tapping International, Interprofessional Expertise through Online Focus Groups in a Doctoral Action Research Study of Neurological Choirs (paper).
    Read the abstract here.
  • Talmage, A, Purdy, C, Rakena, TO & Rickson, D “A Manual of Epic Proportions”: Feedback from Local and International Focus Group Participants on a Toolkit for Neurological Choir Facilitators (poster).
  • Tetteh, ENA Disciplinary-Based Knowledge Management Systems’ Potentialities of Collaborative-Integrative Linkages: Ethical Action-Learning Solutions’ Frameworks for Supportive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (paper).
    Read the abstract here.
  • Willemse, K, Callaghan, R & Claassens, E Bridging the digital divide: Co-creating an unplugged computational thinking toolkit for rural early childhood education.
    Read the abstract here.
    See a short video about this presentation.
  • Wright, R & Chisholm, L Actions speak louder than words: Co-Creating Sustainable Community Led Positive Health Outcomes in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
    Read the abstract here.

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Sydney 23rd and 24th September 2025

  • Coetzee, W & Goede, R Conducting an Action Research study using Critical Systems Heuristics to promote inclusion: A case study of data analytics students.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Edwards, E & Burns, A A sociocultural ecological framework for language practitioner researcher development.
    Read the abstract here.
    See a short video about this presentation.
  • Ga, MM, Tagayuna, K & Joson, J Lived Experience of the Members of the Palliative Multidisciplinary team in the Management of Terminally ill Patients (also in Manila).
    Read the abstract here.
  • Grinkpukel, N, Shaw, J & Blair, K Defining and Co-designing Community-led Sustainability Transitions.
    Read the abstract here.
    See a short video about this presentation.
  • Ludbey, C Community Voices, Practitioner Insights: Action Research in Urban Safety.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Mapotse, TA & Matsekoleng TK Using Action Research to facilitate IKS incorporation within Technology Education teachers' lessons.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Matsekoleng TK & Mapotse, TA Exploring the Connection Between Action Research and Action Learning Within the Rich Tapestry of Indigenous Knowledge Systems.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Molineux, J Stories from teachers and school leaders about their experiences of secondary trauma and strategies to mitigate its impact (also in Auckland).
    Read the abstract here.
  • Nair, S & Molineux, J A Critical Review of Action Learning (AL) in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) - From GenAI to GenAL.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Sankaran, S Action Research to investigate the use of AI in Higher Education.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Smit I & Goede, R Using Critical Systems Thinking for reflection during the Diagnosis phase of an Action Research project in Information Systems Education Research.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Tetteh, ENA Methodological Issues in Conceptualizing and Reporting Measurable Actions of Action Research Paradigms and Action Learning Modalities.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Van Reyk, D, Heggart, K & Huston, W Using an action research paradigm to support academic development regarding embedding social responsibility-linked learning outcomes in university science, mathematics and statistics curricula.
    Read the abstract here.

 

 

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Manila 30th September and 1st October 2025

  • Ga, MM, Tagayuna, K & Joson, J Lived Experience of the Members of the Palliative Multidisciplinary team in the Management of Terminally ill Patients (also in Sydney).
    Read the abstract here.
  • Joya, G, Rodefer, CK & Bernal, JH Enhancing Clinical Confidence and Competency of Student Nurses Through Strengthened Preceptorship in a selected Nursing Program.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Orejudos, A, Jahnke, AJ & Guasque, JG Improving Understanding and Utilization of Health Care Services in a Satellite Health Center in Indigenous Community: An Action Research Study.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Santos, ECS, Linsao-Ng, J & Porio, F Leadership Certification Program in the Philippine Civil Service: A Ten-Year Retrospective.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Santos, LB Promoting poverty alleviation through collaborative policy networks.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Salvador, P, Salipsip, D & Santos, E The inventor’s cycle: Finding (genuine?) solutions to environmental problems.
    Read the abstract here.
  • Tetteh, ENA Virtual Interactive Action Learning (VIAL) Circles’ Model: A Usability Framework for Facilitating E-Focus Group Data Generation in Action Research Paradigms.
    Read the abstract here.

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