De La Salle University - Manila

Pathfinder: Transformative Learning

Scope:

"The keywords and descriptors used in gathering the resources for this pathfinder were culled from the DLSU Newsletter’s headline news (Volume 36 Number 38), regarding the new Lasallian Pedagogical Framework on Transformative Learning recently approved by the Council of Deans. This pathfinder covers selected resources and materials that are available at DLSU library. Also included are selected articles, digests and writings culled from the INTERNET on the said topic."

Related Term:

• Analytic thinking
• Creative activities and seatwork
• Creative thinking
• Critical thinking
• Critical reflection
• College teaching
• Effective teaching
• Experiential learning
• Knowledge acquisition
• Learning theories
• Lifelong learning
• Reflective learning
• Self -directed learning
• Transformative learning

BOOKS

Reference sources located at the Information-Reference, 2nd floor:

• Assessing student learning and development : a guide to the principles, goals, and methods of determining college outcomes. T. Dary Erwin LB 2822.75 E78 1991
• Becoming a critically reflective teacher. Stephen D. Brookfield. LB2331 .B758 1995
• The confident reader. Carol Kanar. LB 2395.3 K34 2000
• Discussion as a way of teaching : tools and techniques for democratic classrooms. Stephen D. Brookfield, Stephen Preskill. LB2331 .B766 1999
• Encyclopedia of distributed learning. Editors, Anna DiStefano, Kjell Erik Rudestam, Robert J. Silverman. LC5211 .E5 2004
• A handbook for teachers in universities & colleges : a guide to improving teaching methods. David Newble & Robert Cannon ; illustrations by Zig Kapelis.; LB 2331 N48 1990
• The inventive mind in science : creative thinking activities. Christine Ebert, Edward S. Ebert, II ; illustrated by Patty Mathews. LB 1585.3 E24 1998
• Self-direction for lifelong learning : a comprehensive guide to theory and practice. Philip C. Candy. LC 5225 L42 C36 1991
• Thoughtful teachers, thoughtful learners : a guide to helping adolescents think critically. Norman J. Unrau. PE 1128 A2 P56 v.
• Understanding and promoting transformative learning : a guide for educators of adults. Patricia Cranton. LC 5225 L42 C74 1994

Texts located at the Circulation, 3rd floor:

• Building learning communities in cyberspace : effective strategies for the online classroom. Rena M. Palloff, Keith Pratt. LC 5805 P34 1999
• Educating the reflective practitioner : [toward a new design for teaching and learning in the professions]. Donald A. Schon.; LC 1059 S36 1987
• Education, culture and critical thinking. Ken Brown. LB 1590.3 B75 1998
• The enquiring university teacher. Stephen Rowland.; LB 2331 R68 2000
• Facilitating reflective learning in higher education. Anne Brockbank and Ian McGill.; LB 2331 B75 1998
• How the way we talk can change the way we work : seven languages for transformation. Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey.; BF637 C4 K44 2001 c2001
• Individualizing instruction : making learning personal, empowering, and successful. Roger Hiemstra, Burton Sisco. LB 1031 H54 1990
• Institutionalising learning lifelong : creating conducive environments for adult learning in the Asian context. edited by Madhu Singh. LC5257.A2 I5 2002
• Knowing and reasoning in college : gender-related patterns in students' intellectual development. Marcia B. Baxter Magolda. LB 1060 B38 1992
• Learner-centered assessment on college campuses : shifting the focus from teaching to learning. Mary E. Huba, Jann E. Freed. LB 2331 H8 2000
• Learning and development : making connections to enhance teaching. Sharon L. Silverman, Martha E. Casazza. LB2331.2 .S55 2000
• Learning and teaching in higher education : the reflective professional. Greg Light and Roy Cox. LB 2331 L54 2001
• Learning as transformation : critical perspectives on a theory in progress. Jack Mezirow and associates. LB 1059 M49 2000
• Learning that lasts : integrating learning, development, and performance in college and beyond. Marcia Mentkowski and associates.LB1060 .M46 2000
• Lifelong and continuing education : what is a learning society?. Edited by Paul Oliver. LC 5219 L54 1999
• Managing further education : learning enterprise. Jacky Lumby. LC 5256 G7 L85 2001
• On becoming an innovative university teacher : reflection in action. John Cowan. LB 2331 C68 1998
• Open to question : the art of teaching and learning by inquiry. Walter L. Bateman ; foreword by William G. Perry, Jr. LB 2331 B375 1990
• Rethinking university teaching : a conversational framework for the effective use of learning technologies. Diana Laurillard.; LB2331 L38 2002
• Teaching for quality learning at university : what the student does. John Biggs. LB 2331 B54 1999
• Teaching idea development : a standards-based critical-thinking approach to writing. Sharon Crawford Hatton, Pam Leneave Ladd. LB1590.3 .H39 2002
• Telling tales : perspectives on guidance and counseling in learning. edited by Richard Edwards, Roger Harrison, and Alan Tait. LB 1027.5 T36 1998
• Transfer on trial : intelligence, cognition, and instruction. Edited by Douglas K. Detterman, Robert J. Sternberg. LB 1059 T7 1993
• The university of learning : [beyond quality and competence in higher education. John Bowden and Ference Marton. LA 184 B68 1998

Text located at American Studies Resource Center, Ground floor:

• The skillful teacher : on technique, trust, and responsiveness in the classroom. Stephen D. Brookfield. LB 2331 B76 1990

Text located at the Filipiniana, 4th floor:

• Transformative education : a source book for basic education. Carmeli Ma. Catan ... et al. GE 70 T74 2002

AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS
(Instructional Media Services, Ground floor)

• Misedukasyon. [CD 01415]
• Motivating students to think critically by teaching for discovery. [LB1590.3]
• Preparing for the 21st century : the video, the challenge of critical thinking. [V002227]

PERIODICALS

PRINT
(Periodicals, 2nd floor)

• Mind : your guide to lifelong learning
• Learning and individual differences

ELECTRONIC

Proquest Online
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto

• Canadian Journal of Education
• Community College Journal
• Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue
• Education & Training
• Green Teacher
• Innovations in Education and Teaching International
• Journal of College Student Development
• Journal of Education for Business
• Journal of Workplace Learning
• Quarterly Review of Distance Education
• Review of Higher Education
• Studies in Higher Education
• Teaching In Higher Education
• The Journal of Educational Thought
• The Journal of Experiential Education
• What Works in Teaching and Learning

EBSCO Host
http://search.global.epnet.com/

• Adult Education Quarterly
• British Educational Research Journal
• British Journal of Educational Technology
• International Journal of Lifelong Education
• International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
• New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education

JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org

• Family Relations
• The Journal of Higher Education
• The Journal of Negro Education
• Strategic Management Journal

Sage Publications
http://online.sagepub.com/cgi/search

• Adult Education Quarterly
• Journal of Transformative Education
• Journal of Teacher Education

Science Direct
http://www.sciencedirect.com/

• Learning and individual difference
• Learning and instruction

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

FOREIGN

Proquest Digital Dissertations
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto

• Drama in education: The process of self-discovery and transformative learning. Ping-Yun Sun, PhD. Indiana University. 2005. AAT 3161794
• Transformative learning and informal environmental education: The case of community gardens. Martha Elena Barriga, MA. University of Toronto (Canada). 2004. AAT MQ95163
• Transformative learning and leading through a comprehensive learning community experience for undeclared freshmen. Joanne K. Damminger, EdD. Rowan University. 2004. AAT 3133631
• Transformative learning in undergraduate education. Phyllis Louise Brown Harvie, PhD. University of Toronto (Canada). 2004. AAT NQ94535
• A shared inquiry into transitional and transformative learning. Linda Wlson, MadEd. St. Francis Xavier University (Canada). 2004. AAT MQ90310
• Critical thinking leading to transformative learning: Understanding the impact of one's family on adult learners. Jo Anne Kerry Cassan, MadEd. St. Francis Xavier University (Canada). 2002. AAT MQ69398
• Transformative learning within the Facilitation Leaders Partnership Program: A case study. Everette, Pauline G., PhD. Capella University, 2002. AAT 3078982
• The experience of support for transformative learning. Harris, Christine K., EdD. Haravrd University, 2002. AAT 3055860
• Teacher as creator. Reclaiming professional authority through the quest for personal transformation: A conceptual study. Moore, Dorothy Kay, PhD. University of Nevada, Reno, 2002. AAT 3068526
• Social capital and transformative learning: Linkages and dynamics in inter-organizational relations within the Landcare Approach in the Philippines. Sabio, Eduardo Abalos, PhD Cornell University, 2002. AAT 3063730
• Emotional intelligence and transformative learning in an online student success course. Gray, Janet Elaine, PhD. California Institute of Integral Studies, 2001. AAT 3004643
• Transformative training: Transformative learning theory applied to a structured training Program. Guilian, Lulesa M., PhD. California Institute of Integral Studies, 2001. AAT 3016607

INTERNET SOURCES
(Cybernook, Ground floor; Graduate corners, 2nd and 3rd floors)

Actionable learning : a handbook for capacity building through case based learning. Retrieved August 13, 2005 from:
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:x8ycWBb_Rv8J:www.adbi.org/files/2001.06.books.actionable.learning.pdf+transformative+learning&hl=tl
http://www.adbi.org/files/2001.06.books.actionable.learning.pdf
[Retrieved October 2009]
This handbook has been developed at the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, as a resource for capacity building programs in which the use of cases, as learning and teaching vehicles, form a central component. This handbook has been created with designer, instructor and learner in mind. It presents a series of design frameworks, learning processes and instructional techniques, through which an actionable learning and case based approach to capacity building and training can be understood and creatively applied.

New Lasallian teaching framework. Retrieved September 1, 2005 from:
http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/mco/publications/newsletter/volume36/no38/
[Retrieved October 2009]
Contains news article about the new Lasallian Pedagogical Framework, which would require teachers to adopt a transformative paradigm of instruction that would involve engaging students in deeper modes of learning and inquiry. The goal of this transformative paradigm is to better enable students’ analytic, critical, and creative thinking skills.

The Theory and Practice of Transformative Learning: A Critical Review. Retrieved September 1, 2005 from:
http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/erica/mp_taylor_01.asp
[Retrieved October 2009]
This monograph begins with an overview of transformative learning theory, including Mezirow's notion of rational transformation, Boyd's concept of individuation, and Freire's view of social transformation. The heart of the monograph is a review of theoretical and empirical literature, including numerous unpublished doctoral dissertations, that explores seven unresolved issues: individual change versus social action, decontextualized view of learning, universal model of adult learning, adult development-shift or progression, rationality, other ways of knowing, and the model of perspective transformation.

Transformative learning in adulthood. ERIC Digest No. 200. Retrieved August 11, 2005 from:
http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-2/adulthood.htm
[Retrieved October 2009]
Following a discussion of transformative learning as conceptualized by Mezirow, this digest describes research and theory building by Robert Boyd and its influence on current perspectives of transformative learning. Some suggestions for fostering transformative learning conclude the Digest.

Transformative learning and the journey of individualization. ERIC Digest No. 223. Retrieved August 13, 2005 from:
http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-3/journey.htm
[Retrieved October 2009]
Summarizes and expands on Boyd's notion of transformative learning, discussing the role of image, symbol, ritual, fantasy, and imagination in transformation.

Transformative Learning: theory to practice links. Retrieved August 13, 2005 from:
http://www.iupui.edu/~adulted/mwr2p/prior/daley.htm
[Retrieved October 2009]
This presentation is designed to foster a discussion among adult education practitioners on the connections between transformative learning theory and the practice of continuing professional education. Research and teaching exemplars were used to analyze practice implications of transformative learning theory.

Transformative learning in a faculty professional development context. Retrieved August 13, 2005 from:
http://jtd.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/2/1/9
http://jtd.sagepub.com/cgi/rapidpdf/2/1/9
[Retrieved October 2009]
This article considers transformative learning within the context of the Partnership Program, an instructional development initiative of the Academic Technologies for Learning unit at the University of Alberta. This initiative focused on introducing faculty to technology-enhanced teaching and learning strategies and tools, developing educational resources through a collaborative instructional development process, promoting faculty use of educational technologies within the university, and supporting faculty to change their teaching practice through participation in an instructional development project.

Transforming Higher Education: Learning How We Really Learn. Retrieved August 31, 2005 from:
http://www.naspa.org/netresults/PrinterFriendly.cfm?ID=643
[Retrieved October 2009]
An article by Jane Fried, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Counseling & Family Therapy, Central Connecticut State University. She states that in order to transform higher education, we need to bring our ideas about teaching and learning in line with current knowledge about the ways in which learning actually occurs. New learning approaches allow us to make learning more profound and lasting. These methods and principles address the ways we learn and the ways we make sense of our learning and our world.

Should you have comments or suggestions on this pathfinders, please call us at these telephone numbers, 536-0244, 524-4611 local 620 or email us through “Ask LORA”.

Compiled by: Ms. Marita G. Valerio

Date: August 2006 / October 2009