Transformative Learning in Practice Insights from Community, Workplace, and Higher Education
by Mezirow, Jack; Taylor, Edward W.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-10-26
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary
Transformative learning is becoming influential in all areas of the educational landscape. In Transformative Learning in Practice, leading authorities and practitioners working in a variety of national and international settings, including college classrooms, corporate workshops, online, and informal groups in rural communities, offer insights and a wealth of strategies for fostering transformative learning in and out of the classroom.
Author Biography
Jack Mezirow is professor emeritus of adult and continuing education at Teachers College, Columbia University. His previous books include Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning, Fostering Critical Reflection in Adulthood, Learning as Transformation, and others. Edward W. Taylor is associate professor in adult education at Penn State Capitol College University in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He has published widely on transformative learning including in the journals Adult Education Quarterly, International Journal of Lifelong Education, and the Journal of Transformative Education. He is a coeditor of Adult Education Quarterly.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xi |
| About the Authors | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Fostering Transformative Learning | p. 3 |
| Transformative Learning Theory | p. 18 |
| Transformative Learning as Higher Education | p. 33 |
| Creating Alternative Realities: Arts-Based Approaches to Transformative Learning | p. 35 |
| Constructive Teaching and Learning: Collaboration in a Sociology Classroom | p. 46 |
| Facilitating Transformative Learning: Engaging Emotions in an Online Context | p. 57 |
| Fostering Transformative Learning in Leadership Development | p. 67 |
| Mentoring: When Learners Make the Learning | p. 78 |
| Transformative Approaches to Culturally Responsive Teaching: Engaging Cultural Imagination | p. 89 |
| Promoting Dialogic Teaching Among Higher Education Faculty in South Africa | p. 100 |
| Transformative Palliative Care Education | p. 111 |
| Transformative Learning As Workplace Education | p. 123 |
| Engaging Critical Reflection in Corporate America | p. 125 |
| Charting the Course: How Storytelling Can Foster Communicative Learning in the Workspace | p. 136 |
| Coaching to Transform Perpective | p. 148 |
| The Transformative Potential of Action Learning Conversations: Developing Critically Reflective Practice Skills | p. 160 |
| Transformative Learning in Adult Basic Education | p. 172 |
| From Tradesperson to Teacher: A Transformative Transition | p. 182 |
| Transformative Learning As Community And Social Change | p. 191 |
| Fostering a Learning Sanctuary for Transformation in Sustainability Education | p. 193 |
| Popular Education, Women's Work, and Transforming Lives in Bolivia | p. 205 |
| Promoting Personal Empowerment with Women in East Harlem Through Journalling and Coaching | p. 216 |
| Breaking Out of the Egg: Methods of Transformative Learning in Rural West Africa | p. 227 |
| Farmer Field Schools: A Platform for Transformative Learning in Rural Africa | p. 240 |
| Collaborative Inquiry in Action: Transformative Learning Through Co-Inquiry | p. 251 |
| Challenging Racism in Self and Others: Transformative Learning as a Living Practice | |
| Reflections | p. 273 |
| Looking Forward by Looking Back: Reflections on the Practice of Transformative Learning | p. 275 |
| Index | p. 291 |
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