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Michel, Jessica Ostrow; Holland, LeAnn M.; Brunnquell, Claudine; Sterling, Stephen – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2020
This chapter presents an overview of transformative learning theory while illuminating its connections to education for sustainability.
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Sustainability, Transformative Learning, Learning Theories
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Johnson, Tanya; Parker, Francine – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2021
This article describes pedagogical teaching and learning strategies that facilitate transformative learning for RN-BSN students in the online program.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Transformative Learning, Nursing Students
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Daniels, Tazin; Schoem, Shana – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2020
This chapter describes a transformative model for preparing graduate student instructors in any discipline to design and teach inclusive courses through a social justice framework.
Descriptors: Inclusion, Graduate Students, Transformative Learning, Models
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Wilson, Justin; Nelson-Moody, Aaron – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2019
This chapter describes the potlatch as a methodology to engage culturally diverse classrooms in liberation curriculum. The Potlach is a high-context, community-based, participatory method offering three intra/interpersonal reflexive waypoints teachers can use when designing and delivering transformative learning.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Cultural Pluralism, Student Diversity, Teaching Methods
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Yeo, Michelle; Haggarty, Liam; Wida, Wathu; Ayoungman, Kent; Pearl, Catherine M. L.; Stogre, Tanya; Waldie, Angela – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2019
This chapter describes a faculty learning community formed at our university, in partnership with local Indigenous communities, as part of our response to Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action. We interviewed participants about their experiences in this group, including their challenges and transformations.
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Conflict Resolution, Communities of Practice, College Faculty
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Tate, Amy – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This chapter looks at ways in which pregnant women adopt the practices of Iyengar yoga, its value as a mode of transformative learning within a nonformal learning space, and the culture of body maintenance that drives practitioners.
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Pregnancy, Transformative Learning, Nonformal Education
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Panton, Rachel – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This study of three Africana (Black women of the Diaspora) holistic health educators shows how their woman-centered learning cultures led them to personal transformation and leadership roles. Understanding their development can inform educational programming and support services for Black women students.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Leadership Role, Females, African American Students
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Nielsen, Kathryn L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This chapter explores the role of transformative learning in fostering organizational change in higher education.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Organizational Change, Higher Education, Role of Education
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McEachern, Diane – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This chapter describes an innovative program that weaves together adult learning, transformative education, and indigenous epistemology in order to prepare Alaskan rural indigenous social service providers to better serve their communities.
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Transformative Learning, Indigenous Knowledge, Epistemology
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Abrahams, Lynn – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This chapter explores how college students with diagnosed learning differences develop identity within changing relationships with the family system. Implications highlight the crucial roles of context and relationship in transformative learning.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, College Students, Learning Problems, Family Characteristics
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Benoit, Anne C. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This chapter presents the findings of a narrative study of two diverse faculty members on the path to their current faculty positions and examines their negotiation of a critical event in light of adult transformative learning.
Descriptors: Faculty Promotion, College Faculty, Career Development, Personal Narratives
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Pettit, Jennifer; Rathburn, Melanie; Calvert, Victoria; Lexier, Roberta; Underwood, Margot; Gleeson, Judy; Dean, Yasmin – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2017
This chapter describes a multidisciplinary faculty self-study about reciprocity in service-learning. The study began with each coauthor participating in a Decoding interview. We describe how Decoding combined with collaborative self-study had a positive impact on our teaching practice.
Descriptors: Interviews, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Cope, Suzanne – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This chapter addresses the transformative use of the creative writing workshop as pedagogical method in undergraduate, graduate, and community-based creative nonfiction classes.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Creative Writing, Writing Workshops, Teaching Methods
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Bailie, John W.; Adamson, Craig W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
This chapter discusses key findings from two recent studies that examine transformative learning experiences in a restorative practices-based graduate program at the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP). Restorative practices is a new interdisciplinary social science that studies the development and maintenance of relationships…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Graduate Study, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Studies
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Gammel, Jo Ann; Rutstein-Riley, Amy – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2016
Our study examines the relationships of six dyads of women advisors and advisees in one doctoral program to understand power, context, and personal transformation. We found that mentoring is context specific and power dynamics range from equitable to hierarchical. This article explores the connection between relational cultural theory and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Females, Mentors, Graduate Students
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