ERIC Number: EJ1417268
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1541-3446
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Slow-Looking at Transformative Learning through the Lens of Enactivism
Eunbi Sim; Aliki Nicolaides
Journal of Transformative Education, v22 n2 p96-113 2024
Jack Mezirow's (1978, 1991, and 2008) transformative learning (TL) theory was developed with transforming society in mind. However, that intent has been overshadowed by a dominant focus on individual transformation and a rational cognitive approach to critically assessing assumptions as the path to transformation. We (the authors) wonder what happens to the societal side of TL theory when we put it in dialog with enactivism. Reading TL theory in this way illuminates the interdependent intention that self and society are inextricably linked. This conceptual article proposes that TL theory is best understood as an ongoing process of transforming ways of knowing, doing, and being through dynamic intra-actions, ontological entanglements, and appreciation of we-ness. Slow-looking at the implicit intra-actions that TL theory is grounded on will contribute to decolonizing the dominant dualistic view of seeing self and society as separate, making the potential for transformation of self and society more visible.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adult Education, Cognitive Processes, Environmental Influences, Philosophy, World Views, Affective Behavior, Emotional Experience
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Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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