Ison on social learning

From Ison, 2005, in Blackmore, 2010, ch. 5.

• A second-order R&D in which the researcher is "part of the interactions being studied" (p. 75), with "associated social learning practices of reflection, systems orientation and negotiation with self and others" (p. 75).
• "Responsibility replaces objectivity as the central ethic" (p. 75).
• Taking account of our "tradition"; the "history of our being in the world" (pp. 75-7).
• An "interactive, second-order approach";
• Emphasises "social learning as an emergent property of collaboration", with "stakeholders" as "intelligent, responsibile, [learning] agents" (p. 78).
• "For social learning to develop, stakeholders must develop shared platforms for decision making and action" (p. 78).
• Policy implications [systemic shift] (p. 78).
• Refer: "Living in language", "the role of metaphor" and "(fostering) dialogue" (in "conflict") (pp. 79-82). Refer also: six-step process for practitioner-facilitator metaphor working (McClintock, 1996, pp. 80-81).

Figure: A model of implementing soft systems methodology (SSM) (from Ison, 2005, in Blackmore, 2010, p. 76).


Figure: Design considerations [using an example project] (from Ison, 2005, in Blackmore, 2010, p. 85).