Transformative education

Science Lives: School choices and ‘natural tendencies’

“…According to D'Amato and Krasny (2011), transformative learning theory highlights the process of the continuing conflicts of daily life leading to personal transformations, and then leading to self-development. O'Sullivan (2002) suggests that these transformations occur after a series of changes in an individual's life, in his or her perception and codes (dilemmas), so that the 'cognitive system searches for new codes by which novel and confusing perceptions can be made Mezirow's theory has been criticised for the strictness of these stages of transformation (Taylor, 2003); challenged as a particularly individualistic mode of analysis, with few links to social action (Welton, 1995) and seen to be limited by lack of reference to intuition, imagination and emotions (Boyd & Myers, 1988;Dirkx, 2006;Lennox, 2005). For our own purposes, we are interested in the personal and sociocultural factors that 'play an influencing role in the process of transformative learning' (Taylor, 2009, p. 11).…”

Jack Mezirow's Conceptualisation of Adult Transformative Learning: A Review

“…Others problematise this notion and go beyond just content knowledge acquisition) attemptIng to understand the conditions required to transform learning through emphasis on contextual understanding, critical reflection on assumptions and validated meaning by assessing reasons (Baud) Keough, & WalkerI 1985;Boyd) 1989; Boyd and Myers, 1988;Brookfield) 1987;Freire, 1970;Kitchener & King, 1990;Marsick and Mezirow, 2002;Mezirow t 1991 andAssociates, 1990 and.…”

“…(the resolution of a personal dilemma and the expansion of consciousness' would need to result in greater personality integration. According to Boyd and Myers (1988). a major critical phase that can be considered as a disorienting dilemma is grieving.…”

Unlearning in health care

“…Taken collectively then, these factors suggest that as human beings we are strongly disposed to building a schematic understanding of the world, 51 what it is like, and how it works. Such understanding is built upon past experiences and is culturally informed and reinforced.…”