Teacher autonomy and student are interrelated can’t be divided. Collaborative action research can improve EFL teachers’ professional development; renew their conception about the collaboration change fixed teaching learning.

In childhood education, a behaviorist approach (a mixture of praise and punishment) has been used for student target behaviors; however, the results have not consistent. This study investigated how constructivist would work in same setting. The participant was four-year-old who showed behaviors with negative attention-seeking avoidance self-regulation; three teachers author worked him on collab...

Based on a 2-year collaborative study, this paper explores purpose as an enabler for change agency during the integration of new organizational concepts. We followed three organizations that attempted to actively use motivate and negotiate innovation-based initiatives in their respective organizations. Data were gathered through set interviews inquiry workshops, conducted individually with each...

In this volume, we have explored action technologies that enhance action and learning: action research, action-reflection learning, action science, collaborative inquiry; participatory action research, and popular education. Each of these technologies offers adult and continuing educators a unique approach to changing individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. Whether the adult educator...

In this paper we describe a study of asynchronous groupware effects on outcome quality and productivity of process redesign groups. Seven groups were studied in two organisations. All groups followed the same group methodology, MetaProi, which comprises a process redesign meta-process with three stages process definition, analysis and redesign. The study indicates that asynchronous groupware su...

To inform the design of groupware technologies such as those for cooperative buildings, we investigated the work habits of teams that collaborate in dedicated project rooms. We conducted field work that included interviews of teams in 9 U.S. companies who had dedicated project rooms and a 6 week observation of one site. In our study, team members using dedicated project rooms reported clear adv...

The Rycroft-Malone paper states that co-production relies on ‘authentic’ collaboration as a context for action. Our commentary supports and extends this assertion. We suggest that ‘authentic’ co-production involves processes where participants can ‘see’ the difference that they have made within the project and beyond. We provide examples including: the use of design in health projects which see...

The study sought to explore approaches for co-creation of conservation agriculture (CA) knowledge amongst farmers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), government and specialist researchers. The aim of the study was to explore farmer initiated food security strategies among small holder resource poor farmers, through enhancement of farmers’ own productive capacity. The study was born out of th...