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Pederson, JoEllen G.; Lettner-Rust, Heather G.; Dowling Fink, Alix D.; Fink, Mark L.; Gutiérrez, Ann Renee; Kinman, Edward L.; Koski, Connie M.; Mergen, Michael J.; Poplin, Phillip L.; Rhoten, Melissa C.; Roberts, Brent S.; Znosko, Jessi B. – Journal of Transformative Education, 2022
Emerging from faculty collaboration across disciplines, the four-stage Field Immersion Framework (FIF) marries place-based experiential learning with civic engagement to promote important transformative learning outcomes such as shifts in Worldview, Self, Epistemology, Ontology, Behavior, and Capacity. To support those outcomes, we developed this…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Civics, Place Based Education, Transformative Learning
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Annick De Witt; Margien Bootsma; Brian J. Dermody; Karin Rebel – Journal of Transformative Education, 2024
In a world in need of profound change, the importance of "transformative education" is increasingly recognized. However, barriers abound in our Higher Education Institutions, including that educators often have little notion of "how" to make their teaching more transformative "in practice." This paper builds on our…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Transformative Learning, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Meerts-Brandsma, Lisa; Sibthorp, Jim – Journal of Transformative Education, 2021
This study examines semester schools, which have elements associated with transformative learning, and an adolescent population, where transformative learning has less commonly been studied. We administered the Learning Activities Survey pre/post semester (n = 173) and followed the survey with semistructured interviews (n = 30) to assess whether…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, High School Students, Adolescents, Student Attitudes
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Lee, Matthew T.; Hartsough, Molly; Borick, Sam; Gathagan, Brooks – Journal of Transformative Education, 2021
This reflective essay advances a model of transformative education based on the collaborative experiences of a professor and three students who sought greater opportunities for flourishing through reflective and contemplative methods in an instructor-created open space. Open space derives from research in education, child psychology, and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Transformative Learning
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Hussein, Jeylan Wolyie; Bedasa, Nigusie Angessa; Mengistu, Bamlaku Tadesse – Journal of Transformative Education, 2019
This article is an analysis and synthesis of the outcome of our efforts to integrate reflective problem-solving and mindfulness to promote organizational adaptation toward conflict-sensitive approach to managing and resolving land-related conflicts. The purpose of the article is 2-fold. The first part of the article describes the methodological…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Metacognition, Reflection, Conflict Resolution
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Payne, Helen; Roberts, Amanda; Jarvis, Joy – Journal of Transformative Education, 2020
This article describes how adults learn to self-manage chronic bodily symptoms, a complex and costly health problem. It proposes a theory of learning for an innovative, research-informed intervention, The BodyMind Approach® (TBMA) aimed at developing confidence, competence, skills, and knowledge and understanding for self-management for people…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Self Management, Patients, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Morgan, Patricia Fay – Journal of Transformative Education, 2015
This article explores the history of the current reemergence of a contemplative orientation in education. While referencing an ancient history, it primarily examines the history of contemporary contemplative education through three significant stages, focusing on the third. The first was arguably initiated by the introduction of Buddhism to the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Religious Factors, Religion, Spiritual Development