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Transformative dimensions of adult learning / Jack Mezirow

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, c1991Description: xix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1555423396
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC 5225 .L42 .M53 1991
Contents:
1. Making meaning: the dynamics of learning -- 2. Meaning perspectives: how we understand experience -- 3. Intentional learning: a process of problem solving -- 4. Making meaning through reflection -- 5. Distorted assumptions: uncovering errors in learning -- 6. Perspective transformation: how learning leads to change -- 7. Fostering transformative adult learning.
Summary: Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning' describes the dynamics of how adults learn -- and how their perceptions are transformed by learning -- as a framework for formulating educational theory and practice. It presents an in-depth analysis of the ways in which adults learn, how they make meaning of the learning experience, and how their lives can be transformed by it.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Graduate Studies General Circulation Gen. Ed - CEAS GC LC 5225 .L42 .M53 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000011893

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Making meaning: the dynamics of learning -- 2. Meaning perspectives: how we understand experience -- 3. Intentional learning: a process of problem solving -- 4. Making meaning through reflection -- 5. Distorted assumptions: uncovering errors in learning -- 6. Perspective transformation: how learning leads to change -- 7. Fostering transformative adult learning.

Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning' describes the dynamics of how adults learn -- and how their perceptions are transformed by learning -- as a framework for formulating educational theory and practice. It presents an in-depth analysis of the ways in which adults learn, how they make meaning of the learning experience, and how their lives can be transformed by it.

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