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Tyler, Jo A. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
This article reports on a case study at an inner-city nonprofit service agency that inquired into the ways integration of storytelling and visual art as a method of adult learning and way of knowing might influence the process of strategic visioning and planning in a nonprofit organization. The case study focuses on data collected through…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Visual Arts, Case Studies, Nonprofit Organizations
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Nohl, Arnd-Michael – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
Empirical models of transformative learning offer important insights into the core characteristics of this concept. Whereas previous analyses were limited to specific social groups or topical terrains, this article empirically typifies the phases of transformative learning on the basis of a comparative analysis of various social groups and topical…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Models, Concept Teaching, Comparative Analysis
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Cox, Amanda J.; John, Vaughn M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2016
The catalyst for learning and change in transformative learning theory has mostly been explained in terms of a disorientation in a relatively stable life. This article explores a South African, nonformal adult learning program, as a source of "orienting dilemmas," which catalyze learning and change in lives that are regularly and…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Social Change, Racial Segregation, Western Civilization
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Rappel, Linda J. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
This article explores details of research that examined how the personal backgrounds of educators connected with organizational contexts to inform teacher practice within the area of adult English language teaching. Using life history as a research methodology and basing research on a framework of teacher authenticity, the primary goal of this…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Career Development, Teacher Background, English Teachers
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English, Leona M.; Peters, Nancy – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2012
This article reports on interpretive research, influenced by a feminist theoretical framework, with 8 women, in their 20s to 60s, who work or volunteer in feminist nonprofit organizations. Particular emphasis is placed on their experience of transformative learning in these organizations; the linkages with the theory of transformative learning;…
Descriptors: Feminism, Transformative Learning, Nonprofit Organizations, Females
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Bridwell, Sandra D. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
Using Kegan's constructive-developmental theory, this study examines transformative learning among six low-income and homeless women of Color pursuing their GED in a shelter-based literacy program. Narrative analysis of two developmental interview instruments indicated that some participants' epistemological perspectives and knowledge construction…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Theories, Economically Disadvantaged, Homeless People
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Morrice, Linda – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
Learning is generally viewed as a positive process bringing benefits to the individual, leading to growth and self-development. But is this always the case? This article draws on empirical research with refugees and considers the processes of transforming experience and learning that accompanies transition to life in the United Kingdom. I will…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Immigrants, Transformative Learning
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Erickson, Diane M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2007
In this study of peer instructors in three Learning in Retirement Programs, the constructivist elements embedded in Mezirow's theory of transformational learning are examined at the theoretical intersections of transformational learning and developmental constructivism, specifically the work of Robert Kegan, resulting in a suggested developmental…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Transformative Learning, Adult Learning, Higher Education