2. TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION
I. Definition of terms
II. Transformational Learning Theory
-Two Kinds of Learning
III.Perspective Transformation
-Process of Perspective Transformation
-Elements of frame reference
-Four Ways of Learning
IV.Reasons To Consider and Practice for
Students
V.Instructional Practices
VI.Educational Implications
VII.Research
3. o ep mn - i dn ed
Definition
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2 letters clue
: willing to
consider different
ideas or opinions
4. r e f l e c t i v e
rc
and
i t i c a l
Definition
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5 letters clue
: thinking carefully
about something
: using or involving
careful judgement about
good and bad parts of
something
5. TRANSFORMATIVE
EDUCATION
Transformational learning
about change, dramatic,
fundamental change in the way we see
ourselves and the world in which we
live. (Merriam, 2007)
Reflective & critical
Open to perspectives
of others
Less defensive &
more accepting of
new ideas
9. Transformational learning theory
CONSTRUCTIVIST
(Taylor, 1998 & Mezirow, 1997)
- this theory involves two kinds of learning:
An orientation which holds that the way
learners interpret and reinterpret their
sense experience is central to making
meaning and hence learning.
What is Love?
12. “ frame of
reference”
ELEMENTS
Habits of
mind
• Cultural, social, educational
& political codes
Point of
view
• From habits of mind
Mezirow, 1997
collective
assumptions
through which we
interpret and
understand the
world we live in.
14. An important part of transformative
learning is:
for individuals to change their
frames of reference
critically reflecting on their
assumptions and beliefs
and consciously making and
implementing plans that bring
about new ways of defining their
worlds.
This process is fundamentally rational
and analytical.
16. Reasons to consider transformative learning
theory and practice for students:
• Transition to
adult life
• Beliefs and
assumptions
may be
challenged
• Some degree of
personal or social
transformation is
required
• We are living
through a period of
transformational
change
Guide for Educators of Adult, 1994
17. TRANSFORMATIVE
EDUCATION
Reasons to consider transformative
learning theory and practice for students
(Guide for Educators of Adult, 1994)
Key points to apply transformational
learning in practice (Imel, 1998, Taylor,
1998)
Instructional practices to increase
participation and engagement (de
Frondeville)
18. Imel ,1998 & Taylor, 1998
Key points to apply transformational
learning in practice
Ideal
learning
condition
Effective
instructional
methods
Sensitive
relationships
with the
students
19. • creating an emotionally safe classroom
• creating an intellectually safe
classroom
• cultivating engagement meter
• practicing journal or blog writing to
communicate with students
•Teaching self-awareness about
knowledge
• Using the design process to increase
the quality of work
• marketing the projects
20. Perspective transformation leading to transformative learning occurs infrequently.
Mezirow believes that it usually results from a disorienting dilemna, which is triggered by
a life crisis or major life transition, although it may also result from an accumulation of
transformations in meaning schemes over a period of time. Less dramatic predicaments,
such as those created by teacher, also promote transformation.
Hinweis der Redaktion
A shift of conciousness that dramatically and irreversibly alters our way of being in the world.
Such a shift involves our understanding of ourselves and our self-locations; our relationships with other humans and with the natural world; our understanding of relations of power in interlocking structures of class, race and gender
Answers: example love is painful
Why? Bcos of the experience of being heartbroken and so coming up with a meaning that love is painful.
Psychological- (self) i.e. a child acts like a child and a matured person acts matured. Children-play, matured person-thinks critically and realiably
Frame of reference- collective assumptions through which we interpret and understand the world we live in.
Result: open, inclusive, reflective and willing to change