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Bishop, Kathy; Etmanski, Catherine – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2021
This paper explores the transformative learning potential of an experiential, theatre-based workshop titled, "Down the Rabbit Hole." Lewis Carroll's story, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," is a tale in which Alice goes down a rabbit hole and embarks upon a fantastical and transformative journey of self with others. Loosely…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Educational Environment, Educational Change, Theater Arts
Gilbert, Jane; Bull, Ally – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2015
The past 20 years or so have seen increasing concern that our schooling system, set up for a different age, is not able to prepare today's learners for the fast-changing world they will live and work in. Strong arguments for radical change--not gradual improvement--have been made, from a number of quarters. There is some consensus about the broad…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Educational Change, Teaching Methods
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Nabobo-Baba, Unaisi – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2013
The paper reports on an initiative undertaken by a group of Pacific educators --"insiders" who have undertaken various activities and work of embedding Indigenous graduate attributes into teacher education courses, in leadership training of young and emerging young Pacific leaders and in communities, research that takes into account…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
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Hicks, Mark; Smith, Debra R.; Winton, Sherrie; Wood, Diane R. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2008
Rhetoric about "all children" abounds in public education, yet many aspects of schooling continues to marginalize large numbers of students. Despite good intentions, the assumptions, attitudes, and conditions that can preclude students' success are often invisible to educational policymakers and practitioners. These students are not…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Educational Change, Public Education, Faculty Development
Schuerholz-Lehr, Sabine; Caws, Catherine; Van Gyn, Geraldine; Preece, Alison – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2007
This article reports the findings of a university's pilot project documenting the impact of an intervention entitled Course (Re)design for Internationalization Workshop (CRIW) on faculty perspectives and their subsequent willingness to engage in internationalization of the curriculum. Two main theories, transformative learning (Mezirow, 1991) and…
Descriptors: Workshops, Intervention, Faculty Development, Educational Change