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Informationen zum Autor EDWARD W. TAYLOR is a professor of adult education at Penn State University at Harrisburg. He is the coeditor, with Jack Mezirow, of Transformative Learning in Practice . PATRICIA CRANTON is a retired professor of adult education, most recently from Penn State University at Harrisburg. Her recent books include Planning Instruction for Adult Learners and Understanding and Promoting Transformative Learning . Klappentext The Handbook of Transformative LearningThe leading resource for the field, this handbook provides a comprehensive and critical review of more than three decades of theory development, research, and practice in transformative learning. The starting place for understanding and fostering transformative learning, as well as diving deeper, the volume distinguishes 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 scholars of learning irrespective of whether or not their emphasis is on transformative learning. It should find its way to the reference bookshelves of every academic library focusing on education, teaching, learning, or the care professions."-Peter Jarvis, professor of continuing education, University of Surrey"Can there be a coherent theory of transformative learning? Perhaps. This handbook goes a long way to answering this question by offering a kaleidoscope of perspectives, including non-Western, that consider the meaning and practice of transformativelearning."-Shauna Butterwick, associate professor, University of British Columbia"This handbook will be valuable and accessible to both scholars and practitioners who are new to the study of adult education and transformative learning and to more seasoned scholars who seek a sophisticated analysis of the state of transformative learning thirty years after Mezirow first shared his version of a then-fledgling theory of adult learning."-Jovita Ross-Gordon, professor and program coordinator, MA in Adult Education, Texas State University Zusammenfassung The Handbook of Transformative Learning provides a comprehensive and critical review of more than three decades of theory development, research, and practice in Transformative Learning (TL). Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Editors ix About the Contributors xi PART ONE: SETTING THE CONTEXT 1 1 Transformative Learning Theory: Seeking a More Unified Theory 3 Patricia Cranton and Edward W. Taylor 2 Themes and Variations of Transformational Learning: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Forms That Transform 21 Elizabeth J. Tisdell 3 A Critical Review of Research on Transformative Learning Theory, 2006-2010 37 Edward W. Taylor and Melissa J. Snyder 4 Studying Transformative Learning: What Methodology? 56 Sharan B. Merriam and SeonJoo Kim 5 Learning to Think Like an Adult: Core Concepts of Transformation Theory 73 Jack Mezirow PART TWO: EXPLORING THE THEORY OF TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING: DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES 97 6 Mezirow's Theory of Transformative Learning from 1975 to Present 99 Lisa M. Baumgartner 7 Nurturing Soul Work: A Jungian Approach to Transformative Learning 116 John M. Dirkx 8 Critical Theory and Transformative Learning 131 Stephen D. Brookfield 9 Transformative Learning: A Developmental Perspective 147 Kathleen Taylor and Dean Elias 10 Deep Transformation: Forging a Planetary Worldview 162 Edmund O'Sullivan 11 Transformative Learning and the Challenges of Complexity 178 Michel Alhadeff-Jones 12 Transforming Transformative Learning through Sustainability an...
