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Wallace, David L. – College English, 2006
The author reads five volumes of "College English" with attention to the extent to which authors account for issues of systemic difference in their writing--both in their representations of themselves as authors and in their representations of others--as one means to explore how (indeed whether) we have begun to transcend normativity in our…
Descriptors: College English, English Instruction, Authors, Writing Processes
Flecha, Ramon – 1996
In the new historical and sociocultural context, one of the most outdated foundations of education and social movements is the traditional subject-object perspective of transformative leadership. Three ways to deal with this dilemma of "decentering" the subject are as follows: to maintain traditional convictions and assumptions, to deny the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories
Mezirow, Jack – 1991
This book presents a theory of how adults learn by making meaning of their experiences. Chapter 1 gives an overview of an emerging transformation theory of adult learning, compares it with other theories of adult learning, and describes the dynamics of the process through which one makes meaning of one's experience. Chapter 2 examines the way…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Philosophy
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Bull, Nancy H.; Anderson, Sharon; Payne, Jack; Foster, David E. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2004
"It's about Them" was introduced by David Hardesty to call attention to the central focus of effective public engagement. The seven-part test of engagement set forth by the Kellogg Commission is examined within the context of the cooperative extension system. The impacts of the changes that will shape American society in the early…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Social Change, Benchmarking, Citizen Participation
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Doecke, Brenton; Kostogriz, Alex – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2005
This article explores the challenges of espousing a critical pedagogy within the managerial climate that presently shapes teacher education. Current discourses of professionalism are incommensurate with an understanding of the way that literacy practices are grounded in the social worlds in which both school and university students operate. Such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Learning Theories, Critical Theory
Lundell, Dana Britt, Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed. – 2000
This collection of essays is intended to spark thoughtful discussion about future directions for developmental education. The essays grew out of a conversation among 21 local, regional, and national leaders in the field of developmental education at the "First Intentional Meeting on Future Directions in Developmental Education," held in October,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Basic Writing, Developmental Psychology
Jacobs, Don Trent – 1998
During a kayaking expedition in 1983, the author was sucked into an underwater tunnel in Mexico's Rio Urique. He miraculously emerged unharmed, but this near-death experience awakened in him a primal awareness that had been coddled to sleep by his so-called civilized perceptions. He gained intuitive insights from this awakening that enabled him to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning, Fear
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King, Kathleen P. – Computers & Education, 2002
Describes a study that examined the experiences of 175 teachers as they learned technology for educational purposes within the framework of transformational learning. Highlights include technology integration; educational technology professional development; adult education; teacher self-confidence; and classroom practice. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Educational Technology, Learning Theories
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Wheal, James R. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2000
Contemporary schooling, particularly high schools, could benefit from a return to the model of Plato's Academy in which ecstatic experience provided a central and informative role in addressing the higher stages of human development. Supplementing traditional curricula with integral practices that address body, mind, and spirit, and reviving the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
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Griggs, Tom – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2001
Identifies mutual conceptual and theoretical frameworks from the fields of acting and teaching, linking them to various practices in teacher preparation and development which might exploit the benefits and practical applications of these mutual conceptions. The paper notes the depth of possibilities this offers, identifying the many forms acting…
Descriptors: Acting, Drama, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
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Whang, Patricia A.; Waters, Gisele A. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2001
Discusses the need for preservice teachers to learn to critique and participate in the transformation of educational policies and practices, tracing the theoretical avenues that converge in Media Action Projects (MAPs) and looking at the transformative spaces afforded by MAPs for teaching future educators who can ethically respond to the needs of…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
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Banks, James A. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2002
Examines research and literature on race and ethnic groups published between 1911-2000, documenting how knowledge created by social scientists, historians, and intellectuals reflects social and cultural contexts and political and economic interests. Notes the competing paradigms and explanations developed in each historical period, explaining that…
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Cultural Influences, Democratic Values
Fulton, Carol; Licklider, Barbara L.; Schnelker, Diane L. – Journal of Staff, Program & Organization Development, 1998
Describes the Learning Enhancement Action/Resource Network faculty-development model, designed to improve teaching and learning at the College of Engineering at Iowa State University. Argues that teaching should be grounded in students' learning, and supports the constructivist notion that learning is an active process of knowledge construction.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Engineering, Faculty Development
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Bodner-Johnson, Barbara – American Annals of the Deaf, 2001
Several concepts from the adult learning literature are described that relate to working with parents of young children who are deaf. Three areas are discussed: the context for adult learning; learning related to transitions in the adult life cycle; and transformative learning. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Context Effect, Deafness, Early Childhood Education
Peters, Scott J. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2004
This article explores an important purpose that some scholars in professional programs of study are utilizing service-learning to pursue: educating the civic professional by integrating education for work and citizenship. While such a purpose holds promise, an examination of a case study from the field of landscape architecture illustrates the…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Professional Occupations, Service Learning, Participation
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