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People versus Systems: Let’s acknowledge the difference

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A number of years ago I was impressed by the writing of Stephen Kemmis , in particular his 2004 article Five traditions in the study of practice. Kemmis was synthesising work by Jürgen Habermas (1987) Lifeworld and System. What I got from the article are the following concepts.

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Observations from the Unconference: Near Future of Learning in Australia

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It helped to make real the issues, as speakers were talking from a case study perspective, and illustrated the diversity of organisational milieu. I listened to a few of the 10 minute ‘soap box’ in the open session, and I thought this was a good initiative. As an observer, I did notice 2 anomalies: 1.