Creative Expression in Transformative Learning: Tools and Techniques for Educators of Adults - Hardcover

 
9781575242972: Creative Expression in Transformative Learning: Tools and Techniques for Educators of Adults
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1575242974 ISBN 13: 9781575242972
Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company, 2009

Synopsis

Transformative learning is a theory of adult education that focuses on the profound changes - or transformations - that can occur in the lives of adults. It is not as concerned with incremental advances in learners' knowledge as it is with their mental frameworks for making meaning from life experiences. This book explores the role of creative expression in this transformational process. It provides a practical and accessible approach to using creative expression with adult learners. The book provides various tools, methods and creative modalities that have been used to promote transformative learning, and discusses how adult educators themselves are transformative learners.

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Transformative learning is a theory of adult education that focuses on the profound changes-or transformations-that can occur in the lives of adults. It is not as concerned with incremental advances in learners' knowledge as it is with their mental frameworks for making meaning from life experiences. This book explores the role of creative expression in this transformational process. It provides a practical and accessible approach to using creative expression with adult learners. The book provides various tools, methods and creative modalities that have been used to promote transformative learning, and discusses how adult educators themselves are transformative learners.

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Publisher
Krieger Publishing Company
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1575242974
ISBN 13 
9781575242972
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
216
Editor
Hoggan Chad, Simpson Soni, Stuckey Heather