Transformative learning in practice : insights from community, workplace, and higher education / Jack Mezirow, Edward W. Taylor, and associates.

"The leading authorities in the field produced this comprehensive resource, which provides strategies and methods for fostering Transformative Learning (TL) practice in a wide variety of higher and adult education settings. The book answers relevant questions such as: What are effective practic...

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Main Author: Mezirow, Jack, 1923-2014.
Other Authors: Taylor, Edward W. 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, [2009]
Series:Jossey-Bass higher education series.
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Summary:"The leading authorities in the field produced this comprehensive resource, which provides strategies and methods for fostering Transformative Learning (TL) practice in a wide variety of higher and adult education settings. The book answers relevant questions such as: What are effective practices for promoting TL in the classroom? What is it about TL that is most helpful in informing practice? How does the teaching setting shape the practice of TL? What are the successes, strengths, and outcomes of fostering TL? What are the risks and challenges when practicing TL in the classroom?"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 303 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470605431
047060543X
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