Practicing What We Teach in Teaching Systems Practice: The Action-Learning Cycle

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 697-713

  Zimmer, Bob ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning cycle; First order cybernetics; Online conferencing; Reflective practice; Respect for autonomy; Second order cybernetics; Teaching and learning; Third order cybernetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035563042     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013126311580     Document Type: Article

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