Transformative Learning in Practice: Insights from Community, Workplace, and Higher Education

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?

Table of Contents:
Preface xi About the Authors xv PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 1 Fostering Transformative Learning 3 Edward W. Taylor 2 Transformative Learning Theory 18 Jack Mezirow PART TWO: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AS HIGHER EDUCATION 33 3 Creating Alternative Realities: Arts-Based Approaches to Transformative Learning 35 Shauna Butterwick, Randee Lipson Lawrence 4 Constructive Teaching and Learning: Collaboration in a Sociology Classroom 46 Debra Langan, Ron Sheese, Deborah Davidson 5 Facilitating Transformative Learning: Engaging Emotions in an Online Context 57 John M. Dirkx, Regina O. Smith 6 Fostering Transformative Learning in Leadership Development 67 Joe F. Donaldson 7 Mentoring: When Learners Make the Learning 78 Alan Mandell, Lee Herman 8 Transformative Approaches to Culturally Responsive Teaching: Engaging Cultural Imagination 89 Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Derise E. Tolliver 9 Promoting Dialogic Teaching Among Higher Education Faculty in South Africa 100 Sarah Gravett, Nadine Petersen 10 Transformative Palliative Care Education 111 Rod MacLeod, Tony Egan PART THREE: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AS WORKPLACE EDUCATION 123 11 Engaging Critical Reflection in Corporate America 125 Stephen Brookfield 12 Charting the Course: How Storytelling Can Foster Communicative Learning in the Workplace 136 Jo A. Tyler 13 Coaching to Transform Perspective 148 Beth Fisher-Yoshida 14 The Transformative Potential of Action Learning Conversations: Developing Critically Reflective Practice Skills 160 Victoria J. Marsick, Terrence E. Maltbia 15 Transformative Learning in Adult Basic Education 172 Kathleen P. King, Barbara P. Heuer 16 From Tradesperson to Teacher: A Transformative Transition 182 Patricia Cranton PART FOUR: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AS COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE 191 17 Fostering a Learning Sanctuary for Transformation in Sustainability Education 193 Elizabeth A. Lange 18 Popular Education, Women’s Work, and Transforming Lives in Bolivia 205 Catherine A. Hansman, Judith Kollins Wright 19 Promoting Personal Empowerment with Women in East Harlem Through Journaling and Coaching 216 Susan R. Meyer 20 Breaking Out of the Egg: Methods of Transformative Learning in Rural West Africa 227 Peter Easton, Karen Monkman, Rebecca Miles 21 Farmer Field Schools: A Platform for Transformative Learning in Rural Africa 240 Deborah Duveskog, Esbern Friis-Hansen 22 Collaborative Inquiry in Action: Transformative Learning Through Co-Inquiry 251 Lucia Alc ´ antara, Sandra Hayes, Lyle Yorks 23 Challenging Racism in Self and Others: Transformative Learning as a Living Practice 262 European-American Collaborative Challenging Whiteness PART FIVE: REFLECTIONS 273 24 Looking Forward by Looking Back: Reflections on the Practice of Transformative Learning 275 Edward W. Taylor, Jodi Jarecke Index 291