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Transformative learning theory is a [[learning_paradigms:humanism|humanist learning theory]] introduced by [[http://nlu.nl.edu/academics/cas/ace/resources/JackMezirow.cfm|Jack Mezirow]] in 1981(([[http://aeq.sagepub.com/content/32/1/3.abstract|Mezirow, J. D. A critical theory of adult learning and education. Adult Education Quarterly, 32(1), 3-24. 1981.]])). This theory does not address general aspects of learning, but rather //**transformative learning**// in adults: the learning that **strongly influences learner**, his **beliefs** and **values**. In this theory, | Transformative learning theory is a [[learning_paradigms:humanism|humanist learning theory]] introduced by [[http://nlu.nl.edu/academics/cas/ace/resources/JackMezirow.cfm|Jack Mezirow]] in 1981(([[http://aeq.sagepub.com/content/32/1/3.abstract|Mezirow, J. D. A critical theory of adult learning and education. Adult Education Quarterly, 32(1), 3-24. 1981.]])). This theory does not address general aspects of learning, but rather //**transformative learning**// in adults: the learning that **strongly influences learner**, his **beliefs** and **values**. In this theory, | ||
- | * "learning is understood as the process of using a prior interpretation to construe a new or revised interpretation of the meaning of one’s experience in order to guide future action"(([[http://aeq.sagepub.com/content/46/3/158.short|Mezirow, Jack. “Contemporary Paradigms of Learning.” Adult Education Quarterly 46, no. 3: 158 -172, Spring 1996.]])) | + | * "learning is understood as the process of using a prior interpretation to construe a new or revised interpretation of the meaning of one’s experience in order to guide future action."(([[http://aeq.sagepub.com/content/46/3/158.short|Mezirow, Jack. “Contemporary Paradigms of Learning.” Adult Education Quarterly 46, no. 3: 158 -172, Spring 1996.]])) |
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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. | 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.(([[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.]])) | + | 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://meds.queensu.ca/ohse/assets/new_article_tl.pdf|Taylor, Edward W. Transformative learning theory. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no. 119: 5-15., 2008.]])) |
**In the classroom**, commonly three types of experience can result in transformative learning(([[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(([[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.]])): |