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Boylan, Mark; Adams, Gill; Perry, Emily; Booth, Josephine – Professional Development in Education, 2023
Transformative professional learning is connected to educational and social transformation and possibilities for critical forms of teacher professionalism. Examining and fostering this connection requires greater conceptual clarity about these constructs and how they are enacted. A conceptual review, combining narrative and systematic methods, was…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Transformative Learning, Professionalism, Outcomes of Education
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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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Coutts, Leah – International Journal of Music Education, 2019
As the number of adults seeking to learn the piano increases, so too does the need for piano teachers to understand how to better facilitate their learning. Self-direction is an oft-cited requirement of adult learning, but one that is often absent from piano studios. This practitioner-based research investigates the role of the teacher in…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Learning Processes, Music Education, Teaching Methods
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Keengwe, Jared, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Every generation of students comes to the classroom with different needs than that of their predecessors. Implementing new methods and styles of teaching to meet these diverse needs will provide students with the best chance of success in their educational careers. The "Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Models for Next-Generation Teaching…
Descriptors: Guides, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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English, Andrea – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2009
On several occasions in his work, R. S. Peters identifies a difficulty inherent in teaching that underscores the complexity of this relationship: the teacher has the task of passing on knowledge while at the same time allowing knowledge that is passed on to be criticised and revised by the learner. This inquiry asks: first, how does Peters…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Processes, Educational Theories, Teacher Education
Shiraki-Sakaino, Carrie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The proliferation of mentoring programs for new teachers has led to a tremendous interest in the skills that mentors develop in order to effectively support their mentees. Consequently, a substantial body of research has focused on the practice of mentoring and mentored learning. Majority of these studies have relied upon data collected at single…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Mentors, Transformative Learning, Learning Processes
Imel, Susan – 1998
Jack Mezirow's theory of transformative learning has evolved into a description of how learners learn by integrating new knowledge with their existing knowledge, beliefs, and experiences. Centrality of experience, critical reflection, and rational discourse are three common themes in Mezirow's theory, which is based on psychoanalytic theory and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
Cranton, Patricia – 1994
This book describes the theory and process of transformative learning (TL) and presents practical strategies for fostering and supporting TL. In chapters 1 and 2, TL is placed within the broader context of adult learning and Mezirow's 1991 theory of TL is presented. Chapter 3 examines the following: TL's relationship to the instrumental,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques
Palazon, Francisco – 2000
This paper, which is directed toward adult educators, presents a new approach to understanding the concept of marginalization, as well as a series of educational proposals regarding working with marginalized people that are drawn from transformative learning theory. First, marginalization is defined as being out of religious, legal, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Definitions