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DeAngelis, Lisa – Journal of Education, 2022
While learning involves the acquisition of skills and the development of repertoires, some educators harbor even more profound learning goals, seeking to enable learning that is transformative. Theorizing about transformative learning posits that it is precipitated by a disorienting dilemma. Disorienting dilemmas may be thought of as times when…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Learning Processes, Transformative Learning, Experiential Learning
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Yoo, Juyoung – Art Education, 2023
The inquiry-based approach in museum education often takes the form of an educator asking open-ended questions to facilitate discussions around artworks, while encouraging students in careful observation and interpretive processes. However, although art museums are emphasizing learners' experiences and their interpretative processes, adult…
Descriptors: Adults, Museums, Transformative Learning, Evidence
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Chappell, Stacie; Thomas, Debby – Journal of Management Education, 2019
Classroom as organization (CAO) is an approach at the extreme end of an experiential learning intensity continuum. While proponents suggest they would never go back to a teacher-centered classroom, CAO has not become widely adopted since its initial description by Cohen. We argue this is, in part, because of shadow elements that may discourage…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Organizations (Groups), Student Centered Learning
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Pavelka, Joe; Minions, Carmanah – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2020
Globalization has created a need for culturally aware globally minded students across North America. Study abroad has increasingly become a normalized part of a young person's education however financial and temporal commitments attached to longer study abroad experiences hinder participation for many. In response, the field school model, which…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Experiential Learning, Small Group Instruction, Cultural Awareness
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Ramsgaard, Michael Breum; Christensen, Marie Ernst – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
This paper explores the concept of learning in a setting of experiential knowledge acquisition. The main focus is how facilitators of learning processes can design learning spaces, where the boundaries of what is expected from the learner are challenged. The aim is to explore the action-based learning processes occurring in experiential learning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Experiential Learning, Curriculum Development
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Lester, Scott W. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2015
The author presents keys to designing a class that successfully melds service learning and student leadership development. These prescriptions are based on the lessons learned over 8 years of teaching a class titled "Community Leadership." This class emphasizes experiential learning and revolves around service learning projects. The…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Leadership Training, Course Descriptions, Feedback (Response)
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Stevens, Karen; Gerber, Dan; Hendra, Rick – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2010
Upon graduation from University Without Walls (UWW), Robin said, "During first semester you told us that if we allowed it to, this experience [writing a prior learning portfolio] would change us. I was so angry with you for saying that because I liked who I was and didn't want to change. But you were right. And I'm glad." For the past 39…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Prior Learning, Experiential Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Undergraduate Students
Wilson, Arthur L.; Kiely, Richard C. – 2002
Empirical research on adult learning conducted by Jack Mezirow in the 1970s was revolutionary and groundbreaking and contributed to the creation of a critical theory of adult learning. His influence has remained at the forefront of adult education theory for over two decades. It is timely to consider whether other empirical research has…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy