Transformative Learning as Discourse

By J. Mezirow. 2003

1,584 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education

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Citations in the corpus

• The education of teachers of English as a lingua franca: a transformative perspective (2007, background): “In order for such discourse to be effective, it is important for learners to have complete information at hand, be able to evaluate arguments freely and objectively (Merriam 2004: 62–3) and “offer a perspective about their own perspective” (Mezirow 2003: 61).”
• Engineering Students' Experiences in Studying Entrepreneurship (2014, background): “This form of thinking is postformal, relativistic, dialectic, and critical, and ideally leads to transformative learning (Mezirow, 1991, 2003, 2006) or conceptual change (Vosniadou, 2008).”
• The Role of Cognitive Development in Mezirow’s Transformational Learning Theory (2004, background): “…or the use of force” (Mezirow, 2003, p. 60); therefore, it is imperative that adult educators create “the conditions for and the skills of effective adult reasoning and the disposition for transformative learning—including critical reflection and dialectical discourse” (Mezirow, 2003, p. 62).”
• An Investigation of Experiential and Transformative Learning in Study Abroad Programs. (2017, methodology): “Mezirow (2003) explains that where a change occurs to our frame of reference, we can expect to see a subsequent change in action, and this is what is classed as transformative learning.”
• Between Person and Person: Dialogical Pedagogy in Authentic Leadership Development (2014, background): “Empathy serves as a bridge between individuals (Schmid, 2002), and as such, it is an essential condition for full participation in transformational discourse (Mezirow, 2003).”
• Virtual reality and augmented reality in social learning spaces: a literature review (2020, background): “This is generally referred to as transformative learning (Cranton 2016; Mezirow 2003), and one powerful example of transformative learning is in using VR to better imagine another’s perspective (Bertrand et al. 2018), as a form of creating empathy for other individuals, cultures, or even…”
• Playing with heutagogy: exploring strategies to empower mature learners in higher education (2010, background): “Schugurensky ( 2002 ) and Mezirow ( 2003 ) acknowledge that to create such a learning community that is open to transformative learning, critical reflection needs to support unexamined assumptions and expectations that learners and tutors hold.”
• Heutagogy: spirals of reflection to empower learners in higher education (2010, background): “Mezirow ( 2003 ) and Schugurensky ( 2002 ) acknowledge that to create such a learning community, open to transformative learning, critical reflection needs to support unexamined assumptions and expectations that students and tutors hold.”