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Nelson, Alex – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1994
Autobiography is the imaginative construction of one's life story and the creative expression of lifelong transformative learning. Its use in studying adult transformation raises political and ethical questions and concerns about qualitative methods; it demonstrates the usefulness of conversation as a research process. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Autobiographies, Educational Research, Experiential Learning
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Taylor, Edward W. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1994
From interviews with 12 U.S. adults who successfully lived in another culture emerged a model of the learning process for intercultural competence. Its components are setting the stage (learning readiness), cultural disequilibrium, cognitive orientation (reflective/nonreflective), learning strategies (observer, participant, friend), and evolving…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Training
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Tennant, Mark C. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1993
Mezirow's concept of perspective transformation (PT) is criticized for considering examples of socially expected development as instances of PT. Individual development is both social and psychological, and PT is best considered as a developmental shift (a new world view) rather than developmental progress. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Behavior Standards, Individual Development
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MacIntosh, Judith; Wiggins, Nancy – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 1998
Nursing students' exposure to transformative learning is compared to Alice's adventures in"Wonderland". Teaching strategies that encourage critical reflection and discussion, questioning of the status quo, and understanding of one's own and others' world view are recommended. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Environment, Higher Education, Nursing Education
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Hicks, David; Carroll, Jeff; Doolittle, Peter; Lee, John; Oliver, Brian – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2004
In a history class, students typically listen to the teacher lecture, read from their textbook, then take a test. Although they may sometimes be required to memorize information or read stories about historical events and people, they rarely work with other students, use original documents, write term papers, or discuss the significance of what…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Basic Skills, History Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Lin, Lin; Cranton, Patricia – Teaching in Higher Education, 2005
The purpose of this paper is to explore the journey of the scholarship student as he or she becomes a responsible scholar. We present three narratives, each one providing a different lens through which we view the journey of the scholarship student. We use transformative learning (as expounded by Mezirow) as a framework to discuss this transition,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Scholarship, Student Motivation, Higher Education
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Chamberlin-Quinlisk, Carla R. – Intercultural Education, 2005
This paper describes a project designed for college students unlikely to participate in international exchange programs but who, nonetheless, can learn much about intercultural communication through available resources in their own communities. The project involved a mentoring program between third and fourth year university students and first and…
Descriptors: College Students, Intercultural Communication, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness
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Hubbs, Delaura L.; Brand, Charles F. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2005
Although pervasive throughout counseling psychology and other training programs that incorporate experiential activities, reflective journals have sparse, fragmented and disparate theoretical bases to support their use. Coming from the fields of counseling and professional education, the authors use counselor education as a template to explore the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Counselor Training, Learning Theories, Journal Writing
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Larson, Scott – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2005
Transformational change, versus incremental self-improvement, is what is needed for today's most at-risk teens. This article draws upon many of the principles in Scott Larson and Larry Brendtro's newest book "The Resilience Revolution." There has been much written on the process of transformational change in the business sector over the past…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Young Adults, Transformative Learning, Human Services
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Kelly, Debbie M.; Bischof, Walter F. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2005
Adult humans searched for a hidden goal in images depicting 3-dimensional rooms. Images contained either featural cues, geometric cues, or both, which could be used to determine the correct location of the goal. In Experiment 1, participants learned to use featural and geometric information equally well. However, men and women showed significant…
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Cognitive Processes, Spatial Ability
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Hill, Jack A. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2005
How can teaching and living abroad impact our teaching in North America? This article explores how what I do teaching religion and ethics to undergraduates at Texas Christian University has been influenced by twelve years of teaching in the two-thirds world. It is structured in terms of three insights that correlate with what I call the past,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Religious Education, Ethical Instruction
Reeves, Douglas B. – Principal Leadership, 2005
In recent discussions about educational accountability, participants have joined one of two warring camps. In one corner are the advocates of results-driven accountability who claim that test scores are the most accurate measure of the quality of schools, teachers, and school leaders. In the opposite corner are the advocates of input-driven…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Transformative Learning
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Hall, Katrina Willard; Hargis, Jace – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2007
On a recent visit to Murmansk, Russia to explore collaborative possibilities between the University of North Florida and Murmansk State Pedagogical University (MSPU), two educators jumped at the chance to visit a local kindergarten. As a former kindergarten teacher, one was curious to see how this kindergarten varied from what she had experienced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
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Towery, Ila Deshmukh – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2007
The continued persistence of sexism and institutional gender bias in schools is well documented. The empirical research in this area has uncovered a host of negative outcomes associated with gender inequity for all children. Research suggests that schools provide an excellent forum in which issues of gender inequities may be examined and…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Faculty Development, Gender Bias, Teacher Attitudes
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Osborne, Mary Nelle – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2007
Action research includes a variety of methods engaged in by practitioners who wish to learn more about their work and the possibility of constructively changing it. This paper describes an action research dissertation project that focused on the work of a group of community activists to construct new understandings of their work and, as a result,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Action, Activism, Change Strategies
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