Reviews research on transformative learning and competency analysis, pointing out areas from which those involved in leadership and management development could benefit. Identifies where more research is needed. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)

Interviews of 36 women students in literature and cultural studies investigated reading habits and practices. Connections were found between reading attitudes and personal and family relationships. They used reading to explore familial and cultural issues. Reading was a matter of desire, aspiration, and identity formation. (Contains 55…

Considers how a community-college professor's long-awaited sabbatical not only stimulates new thinking about projects and goals but also offers a foray into that forest of self that lies behind the trees. Discusses the author's experience with the time she spent on her sabbatical. (SG)

Discusses intrinsic motivation and John Dewey's perspectives on aesthetic experiences in relation to "After 3" technology programs, based on experiences with KLICK (Kids Learning in Computer Klubhouses). Highlights include control and theories of motivation and learning; and Dewey's perspectives on the opposite of control in…

An expanded model of learning upon which to base continuing professional education views knowledge as the social construction of information through constructivist and transformative learning. The model also depicts the effect of context on the process. Providers must change their mindset and become active facilitators of knowledge construction.…

Considers ways in which oppositional and authoritative relations between teachers and students might be challenged. Examines the emancipatory intent of Freire's philosophy of education and explores its practice for transformative learning. (SK)

Provides brief descriptions of adult education from technological, psychological, ideological, and sociological perspectives. Author examines the psychological perspective, highlighting the work of Jack Mezirow (transformation theory), Roger Gould (seven-step adult development process), Patricia Cranton (Understanding and Promoting Transformative…

EDUFAIM (Educating Families to Achieve Independence in Montana) was designed to integrate state efforts to help welfare recipients attain self-sufficiency through education in nutrition, health, family development, resource management, and housing. Evaluation of 34 participants showed changes in locus of control, depression, anxiety, knowledge,…

Presents a vision of evaluation that addresses the integration of intellectual and emotional dimensions. These points of integration are discussed: (1) building relationships of trust with pluralistic communities; (2) considering implications for the theory underlying framing evaluation problems; (3) designing interventions; (4) developing…

The concept of the autonomous learner underlies discourse in self-directed, experiential, transformative, and lifelong learning. However, full autonomy is rarely possible for reasons of culture, gender, and class. Extensive accountability requirements also limit the autonomy of learners, teachers, and institutions. (Contains 54 references.) (SK)

A follow-up study of 14 of 18 HIV-positive adults showed that their perspective transformation had been maintained 2 years later. Their meaning schemes changed to include a future-oriented perspective, greater attention to self-care, and integration of their HIV-positive status into their self-definition. (SK)

Describes a study of a computer mediated graduate course on inclusive community building that explored how students talked about sensitive cultural topics and how the online nature of the course influenced reflection on multiculturalism. Discusses transformative learning, which provided the analytical framework for the study. (Author/LRW)

A socialization scale was completed by entering (n=96) and graduating (n=106) baccalaureate nursing students who used either on-campus (n=41), distance (n=15), or both methods (n=50), and 51 diploma nursing graduates. Distance education graduates scored highest; mixed-method students and diploma graduates had similar scores. Experiences and…

The author argues that a continued analysis of the relationship between "Bildung" and democracy only makes sense when referring back to the "classic" intention of understanding "Bildung" as creative, critical and transformative processes which change the relationship of self and world in conjunction with a changing social and material environment.…

A teacher's experience with an eight-year-old child named Aaron that pushes her understanding of language, literacy and culture to a different level is presented. This thrice-learned lesson details her professional journey of continual transformation by revisiting a story as a kindergarten teacher, a graduate student and a teacher educator.