European perspectives on transformation theory / Ted Fleming, Alexis Kokkos, Fergal Finnegan, editors.
This book offers a concise and comprehensive exploration of the theory of transformative learning by European researchers. Exploring Mezirow's theory of transformative learning as a 'living theory', the editors and contributors ask whether there a uniquely European perspective on this...
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; 1: Introduction; The Aim of the Collection; Structure of the Collection and the Authors; References; 2: Context and Development of Transformation Theory in the European Field of Adult Education; Key Formative Ideas of Transformation Theory; Mezirow's Transformation Theory: What Is It?; A Transatlantic Journey; Situating Mezirow in the Field of Adult Education; Convergence and Divergence Between North American and European Views; References; Part I: Reviewing and Expanding the Theory.
- 3: Connected Knowing in Belenky and Honneth: Implications for Transformative Learning TheoryIntroduction; Mary Belenky and Women's Ways of Knowing; Honneth and Transformative Learning; Implications for Transformation Theory; Epilogue; References; 4: 'Freedom Is a Very Fine Thing': Individual and Collective Forms of Emancipation in Transformative Learning; Mezirow's Conception of Emancipation; Freire's Conception of Emancipation; Beyond an 'Either/or' Approach to Emancipation; References; 5: Coming to Grips with Edge-Emotions: The Gateway to Critical Reflection and Transformative Learning.
- IntroductionSituating Edge-Emotions in Relation to Transformative Learning Theory and Beyond; Dynamics of Edge-Emotions; Transient Nature of Edge-Emotions; Urge to Act as an Indicator of Edge-Emotions; Training in the Anaerobic Threshold of the Mind; Approaches to Edge-Emotions; Conclusions; References; 6: Theory Development Between Tradition and Innovation: Exploring Systems Thinking Within and Beyond Transformative Learning Theory; Introduction; Systems Thinking Within Transformative Learning Theory; Systems Thinking: Comprehending and Conceptualizing Change and Transformation.
- Theory Development Between Tradition and Innovation: Expanding Transformative Learning Theory Through Systems ThinkingFinal Thoughts; References; 7: Time and the Rhythms of Transformative Learning; Conceiving Transformative Processes Between Continuity and Discontinuity; The Discontinuities of Transformative Learning; The Continuities of Transformative Learning; Toward a Rhythmic Conception of Transformation in Adult Education; Bachelard's Assumptions Around the Rhythmic Nature of Existence; Rhythms and Temporal Complexity; Rhythms and the Experience of Time.
- Three Criteria to Theorize the Rhythms of TransformationPattern; Periodicity; Movement; Conceiving the Rhythmic Tensions That Shape Transformative Learning; The Rhythmic Patterns of a Transformation; Repetitions and Transformation; The Movement of a Transformation; Toward a Rhythmanalytical Conception of Transformative Education; References; 8: Communicative Practices in Work and Training Contexts: Exercising Transformative Authority?; Critique, Dialogue and Transformation in Work and Training; From Learning at Work to Transformative Learning.