ABSTRACT
International Perspectives, ed J Holford, C Griffin and P Jarvis, Kogan Page, London
A collection of papers by Chris Argyris includes material on both
concepts and applications. It is worth exploring accounts of the way Argyris puts concepts such as ‘double loop learning’ into action:
Argyris, C (1999) On Organizational Learning, 2nd edn, Blackwell, Oxford Easterby-Smith, M, Burgoyne, J and Araujo, L (eds) (1999) Organizational
Learning and the Learning Organization, Sage, London Fisher, D, Rooke, D and Torbert, W R (2001) Personal and Organizational
Transformations Through Action Inquiry,Edge\Work Press, Boston Pedler, M, Boydell, T and Burgoyne, J (1997) The Learning Company, 2nd
edn, McGraw-Hill, London Senge, P (1990) The Fifth Discipline, Century Business, Random Century,
London Watkins, K and Marsick, V (1993) Sculpting the Learning Organisation,
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
he wrote before enthusiasm for competence-based assessment reached fever-pitch, is:
Rowntree, D (1987) Assessing Students: How Shall We Know Them?, 2nd edn, Kogan Page, London
An excellent discussion of assessment and its relationship to teaching and learning, from the perspective of a constructivist educational psychologist, is provided by:
Biggs, J (ed) (1996) Testing: To Educate or To Select? Education in Hong Kong at the Crossroads, Hong Kong Educational Publishing Co, Hong Kong
A good presentation of the case for self-assessment is: Boud, D (ed) (1995) Enhancing Learning through Self-Assessment, Kogan
Page, London On assessment of prior learning, see:
Evans, N (1992) Experiential Learning: Assessment and Accreditation, Routledge, London
Fraser, W (1995) Learning from Experience: Empowerment or Incorporation? NIACE, Leicester
