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Formenti, Laura; Hoggan-Kloubert, Tetyana – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
The article synthesizes literature relating to the recent development of the theory of transformative learning (TL) and societal changes using three exemplary fields of study: (1) Civic education and democratic transformations, (2) TL for sustainability and ecology, and (3) TL in the context of migration (and especially for refugees). This article…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Social Change, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values
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Yidan Zhu; Mona Askary; Taiwo Isaac Olatunji; Ruoyi Qiu – Commission for International Adult Education, 2023
This literature review paper aims to explore the current state of transformative learning theory in a global context by examining how scholars from different world regions understand, utilize, and develop transformative learning theory in their own contexts. Transformative learning theory has been a significant framework for investigating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Global Approach, Social Change
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Buttigieg, Karen; Calleja, Colin – Journal of Transformative Education, 2021
Both "Bildung" and transformative learning theory focus on the transformative nature of education. Even though they have been developed in different continents and fairly independently of each other, they intersect, and at face value, they might appear to be very similar to each other. Both notions, though are perceived differently by…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Learning Theories, Transformative Learning, Social Change
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Schnitzler, Tobias – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2019
Recent research has become increasingly interested in the concepts of education for sustainable development (ESD) and transformative learning (TL). However, even as ESD can be described as holistic and transformational education with the purpose to transform our society, only few studies have examined potential bridges between these two concepts.…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Transformative Learning, Cooperative Learning, Environmental Education
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Blackburn Miller, Jennifer – Journal of Transformative Education, 2020
Between 2005 and 2017 yielded fertile ground for research studies and articles about transformative learning and the arts within the field of adult education. The main questions this article seeks to answer are: What art forms are being used for transformative learning, how are they being used, and with what effect? The article begins by…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Art Education, Adult Learning, Holistic Approach
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Etmanski, Catherine – Journal of Transformative Education, 2018
This article documents the author's experience participating in a course taught primarily by food activist, Dr. Vandana Shiva, and run by the Earth University in Uttarakhand, India. Drawing on Gandhi's four pillars of nonviolent action, this article links individual course participants' experiences of transformative learning to the transformation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Food, Course Content
Tolliver, Derise; Tisdell, Elizabeth J. – 2002
Various disciplinary perspectives can help in understanding relationships among cultural identity, spirituality, and sociopolitical development and their role in teaching for transformation. Educators must consider how the spirituality omnipresent in the learning environment informs emancipatory education. Cultural identity development is coming…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Afrocentrism, Black Power
Hua, Shucheng – 2002
The evolution of cadre (political elite and bureaucratic functionaries) education in China from 1949 to the present was evaluated in terms of leadership development and the underlying interests of the Chinese Communist Party as it integrates more fully into the world economy. Historic achievements include: (1) increased knowledge about market…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Bureaucracy, Centralization