Life Mission and Adult Learning

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between adult learning and life mission. This was a qualitative, exploratory study intended to generate theory by studying the impact of mission on learning. A model emerged from the research that proposes the relationship of life mission to self-directed learning and to transformational learning. This study suggests that adult educators can improve the learning process by providing the means for learners to understand their life mission and how it relates to their own learning. Life mission explication may also support a change in the learning experience from being more teacher-directed to being more student-directed. The study proposes that emancipatory learning must include not only awareness building but also purpose seeking.

The use of qualitative strategies in participant and emancipatory research to evaluate disability service organizations

“…Additional elements may be necessary if the service users involved are to progress towards Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 23:45 14 December 2014 emancipatory research. These include the knowledge and skills necessary for research design and management; increased personal agency and focus; political awareness and "mission " or purpose (Kroth & Boverie, 2000). However, a major paradox to be addressed if emancipatory research is to become a significant player in disability research is the extent to which it is desirable to promote an exclusive specialization of disability research when the major thrust within the disability field is towards inclusion.…”

Anticipated and Unanticipated Transitions as Triggers for Adult Learning

“…These included the gradual deterioration of a relationship that culminated in a divorce or participating in earlier courses that had made the participants increasingly competent, independent, or self-assured. Creative Education (Kroth & Boverie, 2000).…”

Classroom Learning Assessment Interpretation in Journalism and Mass Communication in Higher Education: A Focus on Andragogy in Radio/ Television/ Film Production

“…Educators interested in teaching nontraditional learners in developing or reconsidering life and their personal career direction and career exploration, the theory of transformative learning assist to describe the process that occurs in life undertakings, as it relates to self-directed learning (Kroth & Boverie, 2000). Mezirow's (2000) theory of transformation advocated that adult learning is a result of deliberate inquiry, which is a by-product of another intentional learning activity that is incidental or assimilative and it's mindless.…”