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Hoggan, Chad; Kloubert, Tetyana – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2020
This is a response to "The Ethical Knower: Rethinking Our Pedagogy in the Age of Trump" by Elana Michelson. We appreciate Michelson's critical evaluation of the appropriateness of transformative learning and the use of personal narrative, as well as the frames and tools she offers to help us deal with current challenges such as…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Epistemology, Hermeneutics
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Landry-Meyer, Laura; Bae, Su Yun; Zibbel, John; Peet, Susan; Wooldridge, Deborah G. – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2019
The aim of this article is to connect transformative learning theory with the practice of teaching in higher education. Connecting theory to effective active learning pedagogy is good practice in teaching adults, andragogy. Using transformative learning theory as a guide, this article describes the historical evolution of transformative learning…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Practices, Active Learning
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Cox, Elaine – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2015
In this chapter, the author explores how the adult learning theories of andragogy and transformative learning may be used when coaching adult learners.
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Andragogy
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Culkin, David T. – Journal of Transformative Education, 2016
Many think of Edith Stein as a phenomenological philosopher who experienced a dramatic religious conversion, but contemporary adult educators may also look to her as a model for the application of social activism based in theory. This article explores Stein's continued relevance for adult educators who research and then try to apply key concepts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Activism, Theory Practice Relationship
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Yelich Biniecki, Susan M.; Conceição, Simone C. O. – Adult Learning, 2016
An understanding of learning theories can help adult educators become more effective practitioners and meet the needs of the learners they serve. Adult educators who understand how individuals learn can be better prepared to use effective strategies during the learning process. This article addresses the use of concept maps as a strategy to engage…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Educational Strategies
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Crawford, Jenifer, Ed.; Filback, Robert A., Ed. – IGI Global, 2022
The field of TESOL encompasses English teachers who teach English as an additional language in English-dominant countries and those teachers who teach English as a foreign language in countries where a language other than English is the official language. This range of educators teaches English to children, adolescents, and adults in primary,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Hodge, Steven – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2014
Transformative learning theory and practice-based theory both offer compelling but distinct accounts of adult learning. The vicissitudes of individual meaning-making is the focus of transformative learning theory whereas practice-based accounts view participation in social practices as the key to understanding learning. Despite their differing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Transformative Learning, Communities of Practice, Learning Processes
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Kucukaydin, Ilhan; Cranton, Patricia – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
In this article, the authors critically examine the way discourse enters into and becomes embedded in transformative learning theory, especially from the extrarational or depth psychology perspective. The authors begin by providing an overview of how transformative learning theory has developed in diverse directions, including the extrarational…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Theories, Psychology, Criticism
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Nerstrom, Norma – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2017
Events or experiences that have a transformative effect on people's lives can have an even greater impact if they are documented and disseminated through books, articles, or other forms of media. Whether one learns of such episodes through personal interaction or published sources, these personal stories enrich and inform one's own life, providing…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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Bissessar, Charmaine S. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
An exponential body of extant research illustrates the symbiotic dyad action research, andragogy, reflective praxis, and transformative learning share. This paper contains a narrative review of 83 action research papers submitted to the researcher as part of the fulfilment of the Bachelor of Education degree from April 2011 to May 2013.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Action Research, Literature Reviews, Interviews
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John, Vaughn M. – Research Papers in Education, 2016
How do we account for the close personal bonds and deeply caring relationships forged by educators with learners in many adult educational encounters? The literature is relatively silent on the emotional and relational basis to adult educator work. This is a serious silence, given the stressful nature of adult education in developing contexts such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Caring, Teacher Student Relationship
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Wong, Jocelyn L. N. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
Publications by teachers reporting results or case studies of school-based teacher inquiry activities benchmark their professional development by indicating they have a "stance of inquiry". Such papers also disseminate valuable knowledge to the education community for sharing. Essay or case writing has always been a part of school-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Writing for Publication, Teacher Researchers
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West, Jane – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
In this reflective essay, a teacher educator describes her own transformation that occurred as a result of studying adult learning theory along with a group of doctoral students. In examining her habits of course design, she realized that her practices had departed from her ideals and that her course planning was guided as much by pragmatic…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Theory Practice Relationship, Transformative Learning
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Wright, Robin Redmon – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2013
Too often, educators, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of adult education and human resource development rely on traditional curricular materials and an academic body of knowledge for teaching, evaluating, and training adults. This assumes a coherent body of prior knowledge, assumptions, worldviews, and experiences in their students…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Learning Theories, Adult Learning, Human Resources
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Christie, Michael; Carey, Michael; Robertson, Ann; Grainger, Peter – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2015
This paper elaborates on a number of key criticisms of Mezirow's transformative learning theory as well as providing arguments that validate it. Our paper exemplifies how Mezirow's theory can help adult educators and prospective school teachers understand that social structures and belief systems can influence student learning, that learners make…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Females, Doctoral Degrees
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