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Direct linkHuerta, Andrew L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With increasing numbers of first-generation college students enrolling in colleges and universities across the US, so too is the need to begin preparing such underrepresented students for graduate school and a career in academia. As a phenomenological case study of student transformation, this dissertation examines the experience of nine…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students, Educational Research, Inquiry
Peer reviewedMerriam, Sharan B. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2004
The link between development and learning is explicit in Mezirow's theory of transformational learning. Indeed, numerous studies have documented that growth and development are outcomes of transformational learning. What has not been questioned, and what is argued in this Forum article, is that it appears one must already be at a mature level of…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Cognitive Development, Transformative Learning, Critical Thinking
