The Community College of Allegheny County provides a supportive and
transformative learning environment that prepares graduates to meet critical needs in the region's workforce.
The Role of Spirituality in Transition to Parenthood: Qualitative Research Using
Transformative Learning Theory.
The training often proves to be
a transformative learning process for participants whereby personal social responsibility and ethical accountability is challenged to produce a deep conscious shift in the thinking that translates into culturally - safe professional practice.
I was drawn to Meridian University because of their unwavering commitment to experiential, initiatory, and
transformative learning practices.
Its starts a with
a transformative learning approach.
[This] starts with
a transformative learning approach.
As I was surrounded by thought leaders including general counsel and inside counsel from Nestlé, MasterCard, Patagonia, HP, Varian, PepsiCo, I had
a transformative learning experience which changed how I now see my role as general counsel.
You can also learn about NWEI's
transformative learning pedagogy here.
Our Director of Learning and Engagement, Lacy Cagle, recently published a white paper on the topic — offering an easy - to - digest primer on what
transformative learning is and why it is so important.
We've worked hard for the past 21 years offering
transformative learning resources and experiences.
We'd love to hear from you if you are looking for ways to bring
transformative learning into your classroom, workplace or community!
All of NW Earth Institute's programs are centered around three important elements of
transformative learning: collaborative discovery, personal reflection, and opportunity for action.
Transformative learning is centered on «the notion of recreating underlying thoughts and assumptions about the systems, structures, and societies that we are part of» (Moore, 2005, p. 86).
In short, «
transformative learning develops autonomous thinking (Mezirow 1997, p. 5).»
The principles and practices of
transformative learning are core to his approach of building healthy learning communities that facilitate individual and collective growth.
Our areas of expertise include sustainability, sustainability leadership, employee engagement,
transformative learning processes and campus sustainability.
Participants will learn how to integrate NWEI discussion based course books (which are grounded in
transformative learning processes) into education and engagement efforts on campus.
Our areas of expertise include sustainability, employee engagement, behavior change,
transformative learning, sustainability leadership and campus sustainability.
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NWEI has always been a proponent of sustainability education that encompasses much more than mere knowledge acquisition, instead holistically integrating
a transformative learning process that engages the whole person: our thinking, our habits, and our beliefs — as well as how our behavior matches up with our knowledge.
NWEI will be hosting a webinar on
transformative learning as part of this series on Wednesday, March 11th at 12 pm PST.
The paper, which you can download here, is entitled
Transformative Learning, Systems Thinking and Behavior Change: Northwest Earth Institute's Pedagogy for Sustainability.
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NWEI's webinar will be the second in the series, focusing on The Why and How of
Transformative Learning.
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«We talk about our newest course book A Different Way, the EcoChallenge, sustainability education,
transformative learning, behavior change, the whole gamut,» shares Lacy.
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Unrestricted gifts to Aljira's annual fund are our lifeline: they underwrite our general operating expenses and strengthen our capacity to present provocative exhibitions and programs, support emerging and under - represented artists and provide
transformative learning experiences for teens.
«The Center has created a national model for how national parks and their partners can work together to provide urban youth with
transformative learning experiences,» says Dr. Milton Chen, executive director emeritus of the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
The introductory chapter that precedes the twenty - five probes provides an overview of using probes for professional learning including examining teaching and learning through student responses to the probes,
transformative learning for teachers, nine suggestions for using probes as assessment for teacher learning, using data to create a classroom profile, professional learning community (PLC) use of probes, and a fourth grade PLC vignette.
Her research interests include families of children with disabilities, self - determination of persons with disabilities, participative case study pedagogy and
transformative learning.
With our research of this work we look forward to contributing to expanding the understanding of how teacher leaders can create
transformative learning experiences for colleagues.
When you provide a training program to diverse learners who are geographically dispersed around the globe, providing
the transformative learning edge becomes a challenge.
Transformative learning can only be implemented if the course mentor has a self - reflecting attitude towards the process.
Inform them of the benefits of
transformative learning and how they can promote it when leading their eLearning sessions.
Transformative learning is by essence learning that leads to direct transfer of learning objectives to the work context of the learner.
Transformative learning provides this organization - specific professional growth.
The features of
transformative learning are only implemented when the course mentor, instructor or trainer is progressive and accepting on the
transformative learning strategies.
What do you do in your eLearning mentoring or development to create
transformative learning for your trainees?
Perhaps such challenge and discomfort are prerequisites for
transformative learning to take place.
4MAT 4Leadership is
a transformative learning experience that delivers a powerful framework for understanding leading strengths in four key areas: purpose, process, performance, and possibility.
She is energized by working with teachers to create
transformative learning experiences for students and finding solutions that help them continue the development of their craft of instruction.
Our hope is to advance ongoing efforts in global citizenship education towards greater rigor, depth and access as we advance the conversation on global education and provide resources which allow large scale collaborations among teachers in developing the tools we need to offer
transformative learning opportunities to our students.
Attendees shared their own questions, dilemmas, and ideas about how teacher leadership can best support
transformative learning for adults and students.
If we are to create truly
transformative learning opportunities for children and youth, especially the least advantaged, we need to examine closely the strategies this report highlights.
Our empowering and
transformative learning community is rooted in the agreements we make to one another, whether we are students, family members, faculty, coaches, or adult mentors:
Experience three days of
transformative learning with outstanding keynote presentations, camaraderie and more, for EVERY level of educator
Nicole finds that the most rewarding part of teaching is watching the spark that occurs in a learner when they understand a concept, and how
transformative their learning can become when they are truly passionate about a topic or subject.
If the events in Newtown are of any indication (especially against backdrop of the challenges of our urban districts and our failure to close the racial achievement gap), «more effective communication» is at the heart of what we need as a nation to bring about and sustain more
transformative learning communities.