Blog #5: Chapter 7- Sustaining the Momentum
In chapter seven, the first thing that was talked about was how hard creating initial momentum is for forming a connected learning community. “Appreciative inquiry and action research are two strategies that will help engage network participants and keep them involved to sustain the change” (Nussbaum-Beach 110). Exactly like the quote suggests, appreciative inquiry is used to support knowledge and transformation in communities. In this way, rather than searching for problems to resolve, people create a different thinking method. This can relate to me because in my future career as an occupational therapist, I will have to think about and question different perspectives of healing. The second part of the quote is about action research. Action research is a more physical activity among collaborators discovering solutions to everyday, real problems. “Action research is learning by doing; it allows practitioners to e...
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