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Stenberg, Katariina; Rajala, Antti; Hilppo, Jaakko – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
This article presents a design for supporting theory-practice reflection in teacher practicums. This design is based on three design principles that promote a transformative stance towards the creation of novel pedagogical approaches: mutual transformation of theory and practice, co-design among supervising teachers, university lecturers and…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Transformative Learning, Student Teachers, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Maier Acosta, Ana Margarita – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This research seeks to take advantage of the converging points among multicultural education, sociotransformative constructivism and entrepreneurship education to propose new ways of teaching entrepreneurship through a multicultural approach in Honduras, based on the potential that entrepreneurship education has to impact society. Action research,…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Constructivism (Learning)
Lahana, Lewis Isaac – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Makerspaces are fertile grounds for students to develop innovative products infused with STEAM principles and cross disciplinary content knowledge; build technological fluency; and support positive developmental growth. Yet, rarely do Makerspaces prioritize these outcomes. Rather, they tend to revolve around the creation of novel objects using…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Social Action, Middle School Students, Change Agents
Dapko, Richard Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In the broad field of education, studies have been done to understand the ways in which adult learning, development, and transformation are fostered in travel contexts. Such studies mainly used the experiential learning and transformational learning theoretical frameworks to look at participants' lived learning experiences from travel. However,…
Descriptors: Travel, Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Interviews
Bamber, Philip M. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2016
Transformative learning is a compelling approach to learning that is becoming increasingly popular in a diverse range of educational settings and encounters. This book reconceptualises transformative learning through an investigation of the learning process and outcomes of International Service-Learning (ISL), a pedagogical approach that blends…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, International Education, Service Learning, Ethics
Zubala, Ania; Lyszkiewicz, Kacper; Lee, Elaine; Underwood, Laura L.; Renfrew, Mary J.; Gray, Nicola M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
This rapid systematic review examined the reported effects of large-scale online education on the behaviour and, ultimately, practice of health and social care professionals. Electronic databases of health and education literature were searched, 193 unique records were screened against inclusion and exclusion criteria, 31 papers were accessed for…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Behavior Change, Health Personnel, Social Work
Ge, Lin; Brown, Douglas; Durst, Douglas – Journal of International Students, 2019
This study employs ethnographic inquiry to present the lived experiences of Chinese international students while attending the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. The findings display the transformative experiences of this group, including language acquisition, academic and social challenges, and the strategies by which the cultural…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Foreign Students, Educational Experience, Asians
Lummis, Geoffrey; Lock, Graeme; Freeman, Clare; Ferguson, Catherine Anne – Journal of Transformative Education, 2019
The early experience of commencing university students is an important precursor for retention and student success and involves a transformation in learning. This article reports the experiences of commencing students in an Australian Education (Primary) degree. Data were collected using a mixed methods approach, consisting of an online survey,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience, College Freshmen
Kenny, Maureen E.; Blustein, David L.; Liang, Belle; Klein, Timothy; Etchie, Quinn – Journal of Career Development, 2019
New models of career education are needed to prepare young people for changes and challenges in the world of work. We propose that the psychology of working framework/theory (PWF/PWT) has the potential to shape career education in transformative ways that are attentive to shifting dimensions of the local context and the marginalization of large…
Descriptors: Career Education, Transformative Learning, Disadvantaged, Intervention
Purcell, Martin E. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
The article demonstrates a successful approach to providing Youth and Community Work students in higher education (HE) with a learning experience that embraces the transformative agenda of their chosen profession. It adds to our understanding of the opportunities and limitations in crafting a learning environment and embedding a discursive…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Barriers, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Corntassel, Jeff; Hardbarger, Tiffanie – International Review of Education, 2019
Indigenous youth today are in a precarious position. The elders who guided their grandparents and parents often suffered from direct racism and dislocation from cultural practices, land, medicine, language, knowledge and traditional lifeways. Family and community kinship networks that provided emotional, spiritual and physical support have been…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Family Relationship, Networks
Garcia, Nichole Margarita – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2019
Research focused on Latinas/os in higher education often examines patterns of failure, while neglecting factors that contribute to Latina/o generational familial success. This article focuses on intergenerational strategies taught within college-educated Puerto Rican households that assist in academic achievement and success in higher education.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Academic Achievement, Family Environment
Huynh, Kelly – Harvard Educational Review, 2013
The author first decided to take art classes out of curiosity, but art gradually changed her perspective on life and became a medium through which she saw herself. This hobby became a process by which she began to create an artwork of her own life. This article describes what the author has learned about her own life through art and how it has…
Descriptors: Art Education, Personal Narratives, Outcomes of Education, Transformative Learning
Howie, Peter; Bagnall, Richard – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2013
This article presents a critique of both transformative learning theory and critical comments on it to date. It argues that transformative learning theory remains substantively the same as its initial exposition, in spite of a raft of problematic contentions voiced against it. The theory is argued here to be conceptually problematic, except at the…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Theories, Criticism, Figurative Language
Boske, Christa; Osanloo, Azadeh; Newcomb, Whitney Sherman – Journal of School Leadership, 2017
This study examines how 57 aspiring school leaders understand what it means to lead for social justice in K-12 schools. Grounded theory was employed for this qualitative study. The data collection included 855 audio and video reflections (15-55 minutes), 513 written narratives, 57 equity audits, and field notes. Emerging themes for this report…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Empathy, Social Justice, Cultural Awareness

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