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Barry J. Hake – European Educational Research Journal, 2024
This paper explores transnational circulation during the early 1970s of lifelong education and recurrent education as 'policy repertoires' addressing redistribution of participation in organised (adult) learning throughout life. Focused on a re-reading of UNESCO's 1972 report on lifelong education, the paper offers a critical analysis of the Faure…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Transformative Learning, Neoliberalism, Educational Principles
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Lavrysh, Yuliana – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2015
The characteristics of transformative learning as a factor of life-long learning have been presented in the article. The paper offers analysis of foreign theorists and practitioners' views on transformative learning at Canadian universities. A special attention has been paid to the exploration of transformative learning methods and techniques…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Lifelong Learning, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
Hannaford, Ronald Geoffrey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Factors associated with globalization and unprecedented technological advancement have facilitated the opportunity to take education beyond the boundaries of the physical classroom and geographical borders to serve a global context. While this exponential growth has resulted in more convenient access to learning, increased possibilities for…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Alienation, Well Being, Individual Development
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Post, Patricia A. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2011
This phenomenological study describes seven stages of learning to teach at the university level. Through the use of narratives, twelve Canadian university professors reveal their beliefs and attitudes about teaching and learning as they struggle to become better teachers within various academic settings. The purpose of the study was to develop a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Phenomenology, Narration, Beliefs
Rayford, Celese Raenee – ProQuest LLC, 2010
With the enactment of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," administrators have faced extreme pressure to provide professional development to teachers to enhance their skill and knowledge base, make school improvements, and increase student achievement. Research indicated that critical reflection leads to lasting school change and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Professional Development
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Reushle, Shirley; Mitchell, Maxine – Journal of Learning Design, 2009
Two perspectives are used to reflect on the learning design of a postgraduate online course--that of the designer/facilitator and that of the learner. While the course focus is on online pedagogical approaches, the main aim is to connect learners with each other and with the facilitator so that together they may investigate, trial, challenge and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Transformative Learning
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Lyman, Linda L.; Gardner, Dianne C. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2008
Definitions are central to both the practice and the power of leadership. This deceptively simple supposition was the basis for an elective doctoral leadership seminar at Illinois State University designed and taught by Lyman in Fall 2005, and replicated by Gardner in Spring 2007. The authors featured the same texts and stimulated students'…
Descriptors: Seminars, Leadership Training, Leadership, Teaching Methods
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Clare, Roberta C. – Religious Education, 2006
How do adult learners make the connection between ethical thinking and ethical action--between what they believe and how they act? This article explores implications for religious education for social justice based on a case study of transformative learning theory, Freirean pedagogy, and popular education principles. (Contains 8 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Middle Class, North Americans, Learning Theories, Religious Education
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Brown, Kathleen M. – Educational Considerations, 2005
The purpose of this article is to explore the effects of an alternative, transformative andragogy, i.e., the art and science of helping others to learn, designed to be responsive to the challenges of preparing educational leaders committed to social justice and equity. Three aspects of Mezirow's (1990) Transformative Learning Theory, which in…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Transformative Learning, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Language Australia, Melbourne (Victoria). Adult Education Resource and Information Service. – 2000
This document, which is intended for adult educators in Victoria, Australia, outlines a conceptual framework for a further education (FE) curriculum based on the principle of transformative learning. First, FE is defined as "general education for adults that gives priority to foundations, preparedness, and pathways," and curricula is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Curriculum Development, Definitions
Hawker, Laila – 2000
The process of shifting from the educational practice paradigm of the traditional teacher-dependent classroom to an independent learning environment requires transformation of attitudes, beliefs, and actions of students and teachers alike through understanding and acquisition and application of fundamental learning principles, skills, and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, College Programs, Educational Practices
Flecha, Ramon – 2000
This book narrates the story of a literacy circle that was created by adults who were attending basic literacy and new reader classes. The introduction provides in-depth discussions of each of the seven principles of dialogic learning, which are as follows: egalitarian dialogue; cultural intelligence; transformation; instrumental dimension;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals), Beginning Reading
Miller, Melvin E., Ed.; Cook-Greuter, Susanne R., Ed. – 2000
This book contains 11 papers on creativity, spirituality, and transcendence as paths to integrity and wisdom in the mature self. The book begins with the paper "Introduction--Creativity in Adulthood: Personal Maturity and Openness to Extraordinary Sources of Inspiration" (Susanne R. Cook-Greuter, Melvin E. Miller). The next four papers,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Kerka, Sandra – 2002
A somatic approach to education implies education that trusts individuals to learn from and listen to the information they are receiving from the interaction of self with the environment. Somatic or embodied knowing is experiential knowledge that involves senses, perceptions, and mind-body action and reaction. Western culture has been dominated by…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Kerka, Sandra – 2003
Appreciative inquiry (AI) is based on the heliotropic principle, which has been variously described as art and science, holistic theory and practice, and practical philosophy and change process. AI engages people and organizations in discovering what gives life to human systems when they are most effective and constructive and using that knowledge…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrative Principles, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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