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Hodge, David C.; Baxter Magolda, Marcia B.; Haynes, Carolyn A. – Liberal Education, 2009
Evidence abounds that, in recent decades, students have typically entered college relying on perspectives they have uncritically accepted from others and are not sufficiently challenged and supported to transition to internal authority during college. Students who have experienced significant challenge, particularly as a result of marginalization,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Student Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices
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Cotton, Debby; Bailey, Ian; Warren, Martyn; Bissell, Susie – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
Despite widespread policy support for education for sustainable development in higher education, and a strong academic literature arguing for a radical rethink of curriculum, pedagogy and institutional culture, progress towards the educational reforms advocated remains limited. Based on in-depth interviews with lecturers at a case-study…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Educational Policy, Educational Change
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Favish, Judith; McMillan, Janice – London Review of Education, 2009
Challenges facing the higher education sector globally include questions over what counts as knowledge and what are valid forms of both its reproduction and production. This paper addresses the question of how what counts as valid knowledge is challenged and how it changes over time. It does this via an analysis of examples of social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Research Universities, Role of Education
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Hyland, Terry – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2009
Although it has been given qualified approval by a number of philosophers of education, the so-called "therapeutic turn" in education has been the subject of criticism by several commentators on post-compulsory and adult learning over the last few years. A key feature of this alleged development in recent educational policy is said to be the…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Adult Learning, Therapy, Educational Policy
Martinez, Becky – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to reveal perceived sustainable behaviors, attitudes, and feelings related to racism and social justice of the graduates of the Social Justice Training Institute. Methodology: A descriptive methodology approach was used to collect data. The researcher conducted telephone interviews with 35 graduates of the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Transformative Learning, Graduates, Interviews
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Carjuzaa, Jioanna; Jetty, Mike; Munson, Michael; Veltkamp, Teresa – Multicultural Perspectives, 2010
Montana's constitutional commitment to the cultural heritages of American Indians exemplifies the practical application of multicultural education. In this article, the authors explore the goals and evolution of Indian Education for All within a multicultural education framework, and discuss how educators are best prepared to implement this…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, American Indians, Educational Policy, American Indian Education
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Lebak, Kimberly; Tinsley, Ron – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2010
This study reports the transformations of 3 science teachers who conducted action research projects following a model, unique to our graduate program, which follows the theoretical tenets of adult and transformative learning theory. Teachers video their teaching, engage in weekly peer group collaborative reflection sessions, collaborate with…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Action Research, Transformative Learning, Peer Groups
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Pike, Mark A. – Oxford Review of Education, 2010
The Academies Programme in England, whereby new schools may be privately sponsored and managed but publicly funded, has expanded rapidly with over 200 academies already open before 2010 and many more likely given the education policies promoted by Michael Gove as Conservative Secretary of State for Education. A significant number of academies are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Values, School Administration
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Sutherland, Sue; Goodway, Jackie – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2010
For eight years, Ohio State University (OSU) has systematically infused teacher work samples (TWS) into their physical education teacher education (PETE) undergraduate curriculum in order to develop effective and reflective teachers. Teacher work samples are made up of five main parts: (1) community mapping, (2) unit planning, (3) data collection…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Physical Education, Work Sample Tests, Physical Education Teachers
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Johnson, Stacey Margarita; Nelson, Barbara Mullins – Language Awareness, 2010
While many students in a foreign language classroom are successful at learning the prescribed curriculum, they may never move beyond the grammar and vocabulary to experience transformative learning. On the other hand, students who do not achieve proficiency may experience a perspective transformation as a result of studying a foreign language.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Second Language Learning, Transformative Learning
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Hamza, Aswan – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2010
This qualitative study examines the role of international experience in the transformative learning of female educators as it relates to professional development in a higher education context. It also investigates how the learning productions of these experiences were transferred to the participants' home country. Nine American female faculty and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cognitive Style, Student Behavior, Women Faculty
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Ste-Marie, Lorraine – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2008
One of the primary aims of pastoral leadership education is to offer reflective processes that enable learners to surface, critique, and construct different epistemological conceptions of reality leading to more effective pastoral practice. In many pastoral leadership education programs, this type of intentional reflection usually takes place in a…
Descriptors: Theological Education, Leadership Training, Transformative Learning, Reflection
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Kamvounias, Patty; McGrath-Champ, Susan; Yip, Jeaney – International Journal for Academic Development, 2008
The literature concerning formal and informal mentoring relationships commonly focuses on mentors giving and mentees receiving certain benefits. This paper gives voice to mentees' reflections on their participation in a formal mentoring program. It extends the literature by identifying and examining the notion of gift in mentoring. Through…
Descriptors: Mentors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Interviews, Helping Relationship
Tesfaw, T. A.; Hofman, R. H. – Online Submission, 2012
(Purpose) The purpose of this study is to examine the existing perceptions and preferences of teachers toward instructional supervision, more specifically on the actual and ideal use of selected instructional supervisory approaches (such as clinical supervision, peer coaching, cognitive coaching, mentoring, reflective coaching, teaching…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Secondary Schools, Supervision, Measures (Individuals)
Garvis, Susanne – Online Submission, 2012
The arts are a key developmental area in early childhood education. Subsequently, it is important that generalist teachers know how to teach suitable arts knowledge and skills. As a teacher educator, the responsibility of this falls within the author's teaching. It is her job to teach future teachers suitable arts knowledge and skills. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Educators, Methods Courses
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