Of Books, Barns, and Boardrooms: Exploring Praxis through Reflexive Inquiry
Of Books, Barns, and Boardrooms: Exploring Praxis through Reflexive Inquiry by Ellyn Lyle
English | 2017 | ISBN: 9463511628 | 96 Pages | PDF | 4.0 MB
English | 2017 | ISBN: 9463511628 | 96 Pages | PDF | 4.0 MB
Of Books, Barns, and Boardrooms: Exploring Praxis through Reflexive Inquiry is an engaging and accessible book that is at once scholarly and personal. Ellyn Lyle explores how self intersects with pedagogy and education in three separate but connected contexts: formal education, horse training (joining-up), and workplace learning. She begins with a narrative of how she learned about reflexive inquiry; from that foundation, she questions how educational systems can both debilitate and inspire, using her own life story and explaining how theories relate to practice. In so doing, Lyle is informative and invitational, providing a model for educators to problematize their own contexts. Most interesting is how she uses the concept of joining-up, not training, when exploring her work with horses. This transferable concept requires educators and learners to communicate, build reciprocal relationships, work towards understanding, engage in meaning-making, and interact with others through mutual respect. Educators in all contexts would benefit from reading this book, and I will be recommending it to my students.” – Nancy Taber, Brock University