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Maslin-Ostrowski, Pat; Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Ferguson, Janet; Marsick, Victoria J.; Hallett, Margaret – Journal of Transformative Education, 2018
The purpose of this article is to describe the successes and challenges of an innovative community engagement initiative in Bermuda, Education for All, in order to enlarge our understanding of how a community uses storytelling as a catalyst for transformative learning. Sponsored by the Coalition for Community Activism, community members and…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Educational Improvement, Social Change, Educational Innovation
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Wright, Paul M.; Jacobs, Jenn M.; Ressler, James D.; Jung, Jinhong – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
Despite the assumption that Sport for Development and Peace programs can foster social change, many fail to provide intentional educational experiences. This limits the attainment and sustainability of positive outcomes for participants and communities. The literature calls for such programs to use sport as an educational tool that shifts power to…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Athletics, Peace, Social Change
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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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Call-Cummings, Meagan; Hook, Margaret Remstad – Journal of Peace Education, 2015
Is empowering peace education primarily about providing individuals with skills to respond to violence they experience and capabilities to enhance their own lives? Or is inspiring social transformation to alter forms of injustice that contribute to violence an equally valid and important dimension of an empowering peace education program? This…
Descriptors: Peace, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Empowerment