The Handbook of Transformative Learning
Theory, Research, and Practice
Published on 6. April 2012
624 pages
978-1-118-21891-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook of Transformative Learning
The leading resource for the field, this handbook provides acomprehensive and critical review of more than three decades oftheory development, research, and practice in transformativelearning. The starting place for understanding and fosteringtransformative learning, as well as diving deeper, the volumedistinguishes transformative learning from other forms of learning,explores future perspectives, and is designed for scholars,students, and practitioners.
Praise for The Handbook of Transformative Learning
"This book will be of inestimable value to students and scholarsof learning irrespective of whether or not their emphasis is ontransformative learning. It should find its way to the referencebookshelves of every academic library focusing on education,teaching, learning, or the care professions."
--Peter Jarvis, professor of continuing education, Universityof Surrey
"Can there be a coherent theory of transformative learning?Perhaps. This handbook goes a long way to answering this questionby offering a kaleidoscope of perspectives, including non-Western,that consider the meaning and practice oftransformativelearning."
--Shauna Butterwick, associate professor, University of BritishColumbia
"This handbook will be valuable and accessible to both scholarsand practitioners who are new to the study of adult education andtransformative learning and to more seasoned scholars who seek asophisticated analysis of the state of transformative learningthirty years after Mezirow first shared his version of athen-fledgling theory of adult learning."
--Jovita Ross-Gordon, professor and program coordinator, MA inAdult Education, Texas State University
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Edward W. Taylor | Patricia Cranton
The Handbook of Transformative Learning
Theory, Research, and Practice
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Persons
Edward W. Taylor is a professor of adult education at Penn StateUniversity at Harrisburg. He is the coeditor, with Jack Mezirow, ofTransformative Learning in Practice.
Patricia Cranton is a retired professor of adult education, mostrecently from Penn State University at Harrisburg. Her recent booksinclude Planning Instruction for Adult Learners and Understandingand Promoting Transformative Learning.
Content
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Part 1 Setting the Context
1 Transformative Learning Theory: Seeking a More Unified Theory (Patricia Cranton and Edward W. Taylor)
2 Themes and Variations of Transformational Learning: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Forms That Transform (Elizabeth J. Tisdell)
3 A Critical Review of Research on Transformative Learning Theory, 2006-2010 (Edward W. Taylor and Melissa J. Snyder)
4 Studying Transformative Learning: What Methodology? (Sharan B. Merriam and SeonJoo Kim)
5 Learning to Think Like an Adult: Core Concepts of Transformation Theory (Jack Mezirow)
Part 2 Exploring the Theory of Transformative Learning: Diverse Perspectives
6 Mezirow's Theory of Transformative Learning from 1975 to Present (Lisa M. Baumgartner)
7 Nurturing Soul Work: A Jungian Approach to Transformative Learning (John M. Dirkx)
8 Critical Theory and Transformative Learning (Stephen D. Brookfield)
9 Transformative Learning: A Developmental Perspective (Kathleen Taylor and Dean Elias)
10 Deep Transformation: Forging a Planetary Worldview (Edmund O'Sullivan)
11 Transformative Learning and the Challenges of Complexity (Michel Alhadeff-Jones)
12 Transforming Transformative Learning Through Sustainability and New Science (Elizabeth A. Lange)
13 An Existential Approach to Transformative Learning (Peter Willis)
Part 3 Transformative Learning: Culture, Positionality, and International Perspectives
14 Cultural-Spiritual Perspective of Transformative Learning (Nadira K. Charaniya)
15 Women and Transformative Learning (Leona M. English and Catherine J. Irving)
16 Positionality and Transformative Learning: A Tale of Inclusion and Exclusion (Juanita Johnson-Bailey)
17 Transformative Learning Theory: A Perspective from Africa (Peggy Gabo Ntseane)
18 Transformative Learning in Europe: An Overview of the Theoretical Perspectives (Alexis Kokkos)
19 International and Community-Based Transformative Learning (Olutoyin Mejiuni)
Part 4 Transformative Learning: Central Concepts and Settings
20 Critical Reflection and Transformative Learning (Carolin Kreber)
21 The Role of Experience in Transformative Learning (Dorothy MacKeracher)
22 Group Work and Dialogue: Spaces and Processes for Transformative Learning in Relationships (Steve Schapiro, Ilene Wasserman, and Placida Gallegos)
23 Transformative Learning in the Workplace: Leading Learning for Self and Organizational Change (Karen E. Watkins, Victoria J. Marsick, and Pierre G. Faller)
24 Fostering Transformative Learning in Higher Education Settings (Carol E. Kasworm and Tuere A. Bowles)
25 Fostering transformative Learning Online (Regina O. Smith)
Part 5 Fostering Transformative Learning: Practices and Ethics
26 Transformation as Embodied Narrative (M. Carolyn Clark)
27 Learner-Centered Teaching and Transformative Learning (Maryellen Weimer)
28 Storytelling and Transformative Learning (Jo A. Tyler and Ann Swartz)
29 Transformative Learning Through Artistic Expression: Getting Out of Our Heads (Randee Lipson Lawrence)
30 Fiction and Film and Transformative Learning (Christine Jarvis)
31 Learning to Be What We Know: The Pivotal Role of Presentational Knowing in Transformative Learning (Elizabeth Kasl and Lyle Yorks)
32 Evaluating Transformative Learning (Patricia Cranton and Chad Hoggan)
33 Educator as Change Agent: Ethics of Transformative Learning (Dorothy Ettling)
Part 6 Reflecting on the Future of Transformative Learning
34 Reflecting Back and Looking Forward (Edward W. Taylor and Patricia Cranton)
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