Jack Mezirow's theory of transformative learning has evolved into a description of how
learners learn by integrating new knowledge with their existing knowledge, beliefs, and …

A defining condition of being human is that we have to understand the meaning of our
experience. For some, any uncritically assimilated explanation by an authority figure will …

The concept of transformative learning was introduced in the field of adult education in 1978
in an article'Perspective Transformation', published in the American journal Adult Education …

The theory of transformative learning, the process of making meaning of one's experience,
emerged from the work of Jack Mezirow and has been explored through numerous research …

In a previous issue, Michael Newman presented a provocative article on transformative
learning. The editors thought that it would be of interest to extend the discussion by inviting …

It is our intent in this chapter to describe transformative learning theory and practice and to
situate transformative learning in the larger context of learning theory in general. First, we …

A defining condition of being human is that we have to understand the meaning of our
experience. For some, any uncritically assimilated explanation by an authority figure will …

The author finds himself rereading an article he wrote several years ago, in which he
questioned transformative learning. He recalls some of his reasons for writing the article …

THE SAGE HANDBOOK OF LEARNING 332 is part of a much broader psychological and
theoretical conception of the person, while Mezirow's interest is focused more directly on …

The earliest critics of transformative learning theory focused on Mezirow's failure to address
social change and his selective interpretation of Habermas's work (Collard and Law, 1989) …