ERIC Number: EJ1301391
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Aug
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-2291-7179
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Transformative Learning through International Service Work
Desjardins, Nicole; Elliott, Meghan; Sokal, Stephanie; Christle, Sara; Kornelsen, Aaryn; Nikkel, Kathryn; Lone, Kelly; Sokal, Laura
International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, p2 n1 p137-149 Aug 2014
Transformative learning, and its processes as proposed by Mezirow, has been the subject of much debate. This study contributes to the literature about these debates by examining transformative experiences within a foreign service-learning context. Canadian post-secondary students lived and worked to build a school in solidarity with a community in Nicaragua. Their reflections inform three contentious controversies regarding the nature of transformative learning.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Service Learning, Travel, Undergraduate Students, Preservice Teachers, School Construction, High Schools, Social Change, Rural Areas, Disadvantaged, Community Characteristics, Partnerships in Education, Emotional Experience, Consciousness Raising, Foreign Countries
International Centre for Innovation in Education (ICIE) & Lost Prizes International (LPI). Postfach 12 40, D-89002, Ulm, Germany. Web site: http://www.ijtdc.net/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Winnipeg); Nicaragua
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