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Rhizomatic Learning and Adapting: A Case Study Exploring an Interprofessional Team’s Lived Experiences

Charney, Renee L
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1661-1861
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1507540369064755

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2017, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
The purpose of this theoretical case study was to explore the lived experiences of members within an inter-professional team about how they learn and adapt while dedicating their lives toward the well-being of students residing in and attending a rehabilitation home school. Although there is broad literature that addresses legacy learning theories and frameworks, as well as complex-adaptive organizations, very little shows how the application of rhizome philosophy principles address learning and adapting within an organizational context. This study is a step toward addressing that gap. Using interviews, thematic analysis, and storyline networking, the study explored in depth the lived experiences of 16 administrative, therapy, and educational staff who worked at the school. By using organizational storytelling as a means to unearth and analyze the team members’ 194 stories, a rich web of connection and awareness emerged. Their stories demonstrated new ways of being, learning, and adapting both within and outside the school, and revealed alignment with rhizome philosophy principles of connection, multiplicity, heterogeneity, a signifying rupture(s), and cartography, as well as alignment with legacy and traditional learning theories and frameworks, thereby offering a new lens of learning within organizations called, Rhizomatic Learning in Organizations (RLO). This study is an opportunity to expand and enhance ways of considering learning and adapting within organizations by introducing and supporting rhizomatic behaviors and principles within collectives as they work together. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA: Antioch University Repository and Archive, http://aura.antioch.edu/ and Ohiolink ETD Center, https://etd.ohiolink.edu/
Elizabeth Holloway, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Laura Morgan Roberts, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Mary Ann Reilly, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
203 p.
Educational Theory; Organization Theory
rhizomatic learning; rhizomatic learning in organizations; rhizome theory; learning; adapting; learning in organizations; nomadic learning; unlearning; organizational storytelling; learning theory; educational theory

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  • Charney, R. L. (2017). Rhizomatic Learning and Adapting: A Case Study Exploring an Interprofessional Team’s Lived Experiences [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1507540369064755

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Charney, Renee. Rhizomatic Learning and Adapting: A Case Study Exploring an Interprofessional Team’s Lived Experiences . 2017. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1507540369064755.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Charney, Renee. "Rhizomatic Learning and Adapting: A Case Study Exploring an Interprofessional Team’s Lived Experiences ." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1507540369064755

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