The Transformation Model
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2008
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-949-6.ch073
Abstract
The journey of transformation is a model of professional development developed, grounded in research of 205 educators, and based on a framework of adult learning begun in 1997. Trans-formative learning is a theory that describes the experience and cognitive process by which adults critically evaluate previously unexamined beliefs, values, or assumptions; try new beliefs, values, and assumptions to determine the fit for themselves; and then develop a dramatically new perspective of their worldview (Mezirow, 1978). This article describes how the author developed a mixed quantitative and qualitative tool to more broadly gather and analyze data about this experience. The work focuses on two major groups of traditional adult learners: English as second language learners and adult basic education learners. The journey of transformation represents a refinement of the 10-stage transformative learning theory model, one which is dy-namic and interactive among the stages. The model emphasizes an environment of support for technology learning and encourages a role for practice and experimentation with technology that recognizes the fluid, nonlinear process of such learning.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
The Transformation Model, in C. V. Slyke (Ed.), Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, IGI Global, p. 1102-1108
Scholar Commons Citation
King, Kathleen P., "The Transformation Model" (2008). Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education Faculty Publications. 122.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ehe_facpub/122
