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Taylor, Edward W. – 1998
The theory of transformative learning, the process of making meaning of one's experience, emerged from the work of Jack Mezirow and has been explored through numerous research studies and critiques over the last 20 years. The purpose of this monographic is to provide greater insight into the transformative learning theory. The paper begins with an…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Theories
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