The Power of Feelings: Emotion, Imagination, and the Construction of Meaning in Adult Learning.

Dirkx, John M.

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ERIC Number: EJ625876

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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The Power of Feelings: Emotion, Imagination, and the Construction of Meaning in Adult Learning.

Dirkx, John M.

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, n89 p63-72 Spr 2001

Emotions experienced as imaginative engagement are central to making meaning from experience. Entering into conscious dialogue with images provides a method of making sense of emotions in adult learning. (Contains 40 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Emotional Response, Imagery, Imagination

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme: The "New" Update on Adult Learning Theory.