Transformative learning

thumb|We can redesign again and again, from scratch, the contours of our life. ~ Peter Alheit Transformative learning is learning that transforms who the learner is as well as what the learner knows. Quotes Knowledge can only be genuinely transitional if it is biographical knowledge. ... Biographicity means that we can redesign again and again, from scratch, the contours of our life within the specific contexts in which we (have to) spend it, and that we experience these contexts as shapeable and designable. ... The main issue is to decipher the ‘surplus meanings’ of our biographical knowledge, and that in turn means perceiving the potentiality of our unlived lives. Peter Alheit, "Biographical Learning," in K. Illeris, ed. Contemporary theories of Learning (2018), p. 162 Transformative learning is an adult dimension of reason assessment involving the validation and reformulation of meaning structures. Jack Mezirow, "An overview on transformative learning," In K. Illeris, ed. Contemporary Theories of Learning. [First Edition] Routledge. 2009, p. 93. See also Lifelong learning External links Category:Education Category:Philosophy