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Gordon, James R. – Educational Theory, 2020
If the received views on self-transformation in philosophical literature are correct, then either self-transformation (1) is caused by forces beyond oneself and beyond one's control, (2) is not rational to pursue, or (3) does not ever really happen. In this essay, James Gordon highlights the philosophical puzzle known as the…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Self Actualization, Individual Development, Philosophy
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Kemp, Ryan S. – Educational Theory, 2020
In this essay Ryan Kemp makes an unlikely case for value stability, arguing that people should almost never aspire to become radically different and that, given this, some people should be reluctant to pursue educational experiences that wildly broaden their life possibilities. His account is developed and structured around two borrowed examples,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Aspiration, Individual Development, Decision Making
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Pugh, Kevin; Kriescher, Dylan; Cropp, Simon; Younis, Maaly – Educational Theory, 2020
n this essay, Kevin Pugh, Dylan Kriescher, Simon Cropp, and Maaly Younis revisit the philosophical roots of transformative experience (TE) theory by explaining how the theory emerged from John Dewey's philosophies of aesthetic experience, intellectual experience, and educative experience. In doing so, the authors clarify the linkage between…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Transformative Learning, Aesthetics, Learning Experience
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Irwin, Ruth – Educational Theory, 2017
Education is increasingly vocational and structured to serve the ongoing exponential increase in economic growth. Climate change is an outcome of these same economic values and praxes. Attempts to shift these values and our approach to technology are continually absorbed and overcome by the pressing motif of economic growth. In this article, Ruth…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Philosophy, Time Perspective, Educational Theories