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Welcome to ALARA's regular e-News of activities,
events and information for the Action Learning /
Action Research Community.
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Your contributions to this fortnightly bulletin are welcome. Please send any items to admin [at]alarassociation.org.
We hope you and those close to you are safe and well. Please consider renewing a friendship with an AL / AR practitioner, or striking up a new one, by contacting ALARA members on the ALARA members pages. If you need assistance, please email admin [at] alarassociation.org.
In this e-News:
- Date Set for Getting Your Paper Published Webinar
- More About On the Tip of Our Tongue
- Invitation to Become Journal Editor
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Date Set for Getting Your Paper Published Webinar
The group of representatives from about ten AL / AR publications are finalising the proposed webinar about getting your paper published. The webinar is intended for practitioners and students seeking to gain publication of their papers on action learning / action research projects.
The agreed date for the webinar is 28/29 September. The webinar will include information about the various publications and invite authors to submit short papers for discussion in small groups with a representative of the desired journal. We will have further details once finalised.
If you would like to assist, or present at a webinar, please send your ideas or offer of help to admin[at}alarassociation.org.
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More About On the Tip of Our Tongue
Last e-News, we mentioned that ALARA had received, informally, two pieces of exciting news. We can now reveal information on one of these items (the official announcement on the other item is expected by month's end).
ALARA's Journal has been listed on the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers. This listing in a large international publication index is an important step in gaining recognition for ALARj's authors and ALARA. The Editorial Board plan to seek listing in other Indexes, such as the IBSS and DHET and to develop citation statistics that will help improve ALARj's profile in the various indexes.
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Invitation to Become Journal Editor
Following Professor Mishack Gumbo's departure as Managing Editor of the ALAR Journal, the Board invites members (and non-members) to apply for the role of Managing Editor.
If you are interested, or would like more information about the role, please email admin [at] alarassociation.org.
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ALAR Journal Published
The Action Learning and Action Research Journal Volume 26 No. 2 has been published. Members can access articles from the Journal site or Informit database, or the whole issue from the Publications pages.
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Invitation to Assist ALARA
ALARA's Board has identified a range of activities and they are seeking people willing to assist in delivering these activities. Examples of these activities include:
- We have received one offer to assist in webinars, but more proposals and assistance are sought.
- Several members are involved in research, with at least two other projects on the horizon. The alliance with GCWAL (see below) also supports further research.
- The recognition of First Nations People and supporting their work in action learning and action research is another exciting opportunity.
If you would like to know more, or want to assist, please contact ALARA.
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Action Learning Facilitator and Action Learning Practitioner Programmes
The alliance between ALARA and the Global Centre for Work-Applied Learning (GCWAL) includes the introduction of new professional certifications as Action Learning Facilitators and Action Learning Practitioners, co-badged by ALARA and GCWAL. Information about the programmes are available on the GCWAL website and the linked brochures.
The alliance also provides support to ALARA to develop research in action learning and action research. More news will come on research initiatives under the alliance.
If you would like to know more, please see the GCWAL website or the ALARA website.
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Other Events and Information
The full list of these activities
is available here.
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Reflective Practice Online
In 2020, a group of Australian academics and HEA fellows, known as a learning circle, launched a new (and free) Reflection for Learning Scholarly Practice. They now make a call to reflect online: "Are you researching, learning or teaching online? Reflective practices support learning (Harvey, Coulson & McMaugh, 2016) and they can be used in any research or learning environment, including online. Download the practice guide and view a video of a new practice you have not used before." See here for more information.
Evaluative Study of Action Research Book Published
The Evaluative Study of Action Research presents all eight published papers as part of the six-year, global, Evaluative Study of Action Research (ESAR) in one volume. The study sought to enhance the academic rigour of Action Research (AR) and provide greater evidence of its impact. Many ALARA people have contributed to this book. See here for more information.
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ARNA News
ARNA has conducted their conference in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in June 2021, with news to come about how it went. They have also released the latest STAR (Supporting Teaching of Action Research) newsletter.
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AR Podcast - Feminism and AR
The AR Podcast has many podcasts, with a recent one recorded by Dr Patricia Maguire on Feminism and Action Research. See here for more information.
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AR+ AMICABLE coLAB
AR+ are holding an AMICABLE coLAB commencing on June 24, 2021 online, and then August, November and January 2022. See here for more information as well as information from the ECORetreat held on March 5-8, 2021.
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CARN Conference 2021
CARN is holding its 2021 conference on 1-3 October 2021.
CARN Praxis
CARN has launched a new publishing opportunity - a rich and collaborative space for voices to be heard more publicly.
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CEEMAN - International Management Teachers Academy
The International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies has announced their IMTA 2022 event, to be held in June.
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EURAM 2021 Conference
The EURAM 2021 Conference - Reshaping capitalism for a sustainable world was held as an online event on 16-18 June 2021.
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PRIA International Academy
PRIA International Academy is offering several online courses.
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World Education Research Association
WERA has announced their 2022 Focal Meeting, with submissions invited.
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Call for Papers for Special AR issue of International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
The International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, a Quartile 1 journal in Scimagio, is inviting papers using action research including its variants such as engaged scholarship, action design research, collaborative research, participatory action research, design science research, with submissions due in September 2021.
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Action Research Journal Call for Papers
The ARJ has a call to educators for papers by 1 October 2021.
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Canadian Journal of Action Research Call for Papers
The CJAR is planning two special issues, one on AR and The Arts and one on COVID 19.
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Call for Papers - Contemporary Perspectives Through Action Research Across Educational Disciplines
Dr Nancy Nasr and Dr Jill Perry invite submissions for their planned book - abstracts are due now, and papers by 1 October 2021.
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