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* "//the constellation of concept, belief, judgment, and feelings which shapes a particular interpretation.//"((Mezirow, Jack, and Others. Understanding Transformation Theory. Adult Education Quarterly 44, no. 4: 222-44. 1994.)) | * "//the constellation of concept, belief, judgment, and feelings which shapes a particular interpretation.//"((Mezirow, Jack, and Others. Understanding Transformation Theory. Adult Education Quarterly 44, no. 4: 222-44. 1994.)) | ||
- | An example of a meaning schema is how we act around a homeless person. All the meaning schemata together form the //**meaning perspective**//, as Mezirow describes one's complete perspective on the world or a //general frame of reference//. Meaning perspectives are acquired passively until early adulthood, often through significant experiences with teachers, or parents, and are later modified through transformative learning. | + | An example of a meaning schema is how we act around a homeless person.(([[http://www.calpro-online.org/eric/docs/taylor/taylor_02.pdf|Taylor, Edward W. The theory and practice of transformative learning: a critical review. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, 1998.]])) All the meaning schemata together form the //**meaning perspective**//, as Mezirow describes one's complete perspective on the world or a //general frame of reference//. Meaning perspectives are acquired passively until early adulthood, often through significant experiences with teachers, or parents, and are later modified through transformative learning. |
- | What characterizes transformative learning is the initial inability to fit the new material into the existing frames of schemata, what results in a need to change them. For example, a change of attitude to homeless people after realizing how hard their life is. These-like experiences are also called //perspective transformations//. They often come due to life experiences, often related to strong emotional responses. These may be personal crises like divorce, death of a friend or a family member, wars, natural or man-caused disasters, health crises, etc, but do not have to be so radical. | + | What characterizes transformative learning is the initial inability to fit the new material into the existing frames of schemata, what results in a need to change them. For example, a change of attitude to homeless people after realizing how hard their life is. These-like experiences are also called //perspective transformations//. They often come due to life experiences, often related to strong emotional responses. These may be personal crises like divorce, death of a friend or a family member, wars, natural or man-caused disasters, health crises, etc, but do not have to be so radical.(([[http://www.calpro-online.org/eric/docs/taylor/taylor_02.pdf|Taylor, Edward W. The theory and practice of transformative learning: a critical review. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, 1998.]])) |
**In the classroom**, commonly three types of experience can result in transformative learning: | **In the classroom**, commonly three types of experience can result in transformative learning: |