Transformative Learning: A Case for Using Grounded Theory as an Assessment Analytic

Transformative Learning Theory and pedagogies leverage disruptive experiences as catalysts for learning and teaching. By facilitating processes of critical analysis and reflection that challenge assumptions, transformative learning reframes what counts as knowledge and the sources and processes for...

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Autor principal: Patterson, Barbara A. B. (Author)
Outros Autores: Munoz, Leslie (Other) ; Abrams, Leah (Other) ; Bass, Caroline (Other)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
Em: Teaching theology and religion
Ano: 2015, Volume: 18, Número: 4, Páginas: 303-325
Classificações IxTheo:ZF Pedagogia
Outras palavras-chave:B Assessment and Analysis
B Contemplative Pedagogy
B Experiential Learning
B Grounded Theory
B Transformative Learning
Acesso em linha: Volltext (Verlag)
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Resumo:Transformative Learning Theory and pedagogies leverage disruptive experiences as catalysts for learning and teaching. By facilitating processes of critical analysis and reflection that challenge assumptions, transformative learning reframes what counts as knowledge and the sources and processes for gaining and producing it. Students develop a broader range of perspectives on and entry points for learning and behavior change engaging cognition, embodiment, aesthetics, emotions, and ethics (see Mezirow 1991 and Figures 1 and 2). The open-inquiry, multi-modal nature of transformative learning defies most traditional assessment strategies. This article demonstrates that grounded theory offers the rigorous qualitative analysis needed to document and track transformative learning outcomes in practice. By applying a grounded theory approach to data from over eighty student portfolios across several iterations of a Religion and Ecology course at Emory University, this article demonstrates a successful and replicable assessment of transformative learning pedagogies.
ISSN:1467-9647
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Teaching theology and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/teth.12301