Toward a Learning Theory of Adult Literacy.

Mezirow, Jack

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Publication Date: 1996

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Toward a Learning Theory of Adult Literacy.

Mezirow, Jack

Adult Basic Education, v6 n3 p115-26 Fall 1996

Transformation theory states that people learn through frames of reference that may be transformed by critical reflection. If literacy involves meaning making, literacy learning is a transformative process and communicative competence is the goal of literacy education. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Competence, Educational Environment, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Transformative Learning

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Language: English

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