Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning

ISBN-13: 9781555423391 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 272 str.

Jack Mezirow

Opis

All adult educators, whether they be trainers, counsellors, social workers, psychologists, or others, base their practice on a conception of how adults learn. Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning describes the dynamics of how adults learn and how their perceptions are transformed by learning as a framework for formulating educational theory and practice. Based on this comprehensive approach, called transformation theory, Jack Mezirow presents an in-depth analysis of the ways in which adults learn, how they make meaning of the learning experience and how their lives can be transformed by it.

Spis treści

1. Making Meaning: The Dynamics of Learning.

2. Meaning Perspectives: How We Understand Experience.

3. Intentional Learning: A Process of Problem Solving.

4. Making Meaning Through Reflection.

5. Distorted Assumptions: Uncovering Errors in Learning.

6. Perspective Transformation: How Learning Leads to Change.

7. Fostering Transformative Adult Learning.

Blurb

Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning describes the dynamics of how adults learn––and how their perceptions are transformed by learning––as a framework for formulating educational theory and practice. It presents an in–depth analysis of the ways in which adults learn, how they make meaning of the learning experience, and how their lives can be transformed by it.