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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

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

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

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
Kiely, Richard – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2004
This article reports findings from a longitudinal case study investigating how students experience perspective transformation from their participation in international service-learning program with an explicit social justice orientation. Findings indicate that each student experienced profound changes in their world-view in at least one of six…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Transformative Learning, Service Learning, Longitudinal Studies
Hughes, Mark; Bourner, Tom – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2005
This account of practice is about starting action learning set meetings. It focuses on a process sometimes known as the "check-in". The paper is based upon the experience of one of the authors (Mark). It raises questions about the contribution of the check-in to an action learning set meeting and whether the checking-in process has a…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Empathy, Reflection, Transformative Learning
Weinstein, Krystyna – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2005
This is an account of one particular set meeting during a year long programme for social entrepreneurs. It triggered a number of questions and insights for me about the amazing value of honesty, and its power. It released a great deal of energy, ownership and "control". I realized how important it was to highlight, discuss and reflect on…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Network Analysis
Leggo, Carl – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2005
In this essay I offer a series of autobiographical ruminations and poems for inviting readers to reflect on poetic possibilities for conceiving and fostering the well-being of teachers. As an educator, I am confronted daily with challenges. In order to sustain my spirit and energy, I turn to poetry, both reading and writing poetry, and I find in…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Depression (Psychology), Personal Narratives, Poetry
Dickson, Tracey; Gray, Tonia – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2006
A primary goal in experiential education is to facilitate the learning from the activities in a meaningful, empowering and compelling manner. The activities, which are used to guide a reflective session, debrief a particular incident or process a learning activity vary greatly across the profession. In a study of 76 experiential educators in…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Style
McAliney, Peter – Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
There is a number of proprietary and open source Learning Delivery Systems (LDSs) available for the use of Instructors today. Though each have their own protocols, they all still share an overlapping and common tool set. This article provides a case study describing how to apply some of the common tools found in LDSs in the delivery of course in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Database Management Systems, Courseware, Case Studies
Brown, Kathleen M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2006
Purpose: This study explores the effects of an alternative, transformative andragogy (i.e., the art and science of helping others to learn) designed to be responsive to the challenges of preparing educational leaders committed to social justice and equity. Design: Within the context of preparation programs, the three theoretical perspectives of…
Descriptors: Leadership, Andragogy, Transformative Learning, Social Theories
Nelson, Carolyn; Harper, Victoria – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2006
In this article, the authors explore the notion of difficulty and the vital role it can play in the learning journey of student teachers, both with respect to their own and their students' educational maturation. Confronting today's popular but flawed American reductionist learning models, the authors explicate the opportunity for deeper learning…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Transformative Learning, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Goulah, Jason – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2006
This article introduces a cosmological perspective of teaching second/foreign languages for promoting ecological interconnectedness and spirituality to counter material and monetary interests that cause environmental destruction and militarism. The arguments are couched in cross- and deep cultural learning and are based on the concept of…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Applied Linguistics, Second Languages, Transformative Learning