ABSTRACT
Action learning serves to cultivate what has been described as 'reflective activism' or 'practical authoring'– a stance that encourages us to own the processes by which we and others construct and sustain our worlds. It encourages us all to engage in reflective practice. Such practice includes the application of relevant knowledge within the workplace and beyond in order to inform and to enhance our actions. It requires our active engagement in a continual review and repositioning of our assumptions, values and practice. Hanson defines reflective practice as: an active engagement in continual review and repositioning of assumptions, values and practice in the light of evaluation of multiple perspectives, including the wider socio-cultural perspectives influencing the context; transforming and transcending self and practice in order to effect change and improvement. Action learning's characterisation of autobiographical lens is our personal mind-set or mental model. The colleagues/peers lens represents a significant major strength of action learning.
