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ERIC Number: EJ1229993
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0309-8265
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Transformative Learning in Community College Human Geography: A Mixed Methods Study
Jones, Jeannette; Walker, Scott L.
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v43 n4 p452-467 2019
The study explores the extent to which transformative learning occurs using quantitative and qualitative methods in a human geography course (N = 35) and explores student affect in relation to the learning environment. We used the eight-scale Transformative Learning Environments Survey (TLES) instrument for the quantitative analysis and an aligned analysis of student reflective work to capture the "voice" of the student as a qualitative approach that provided a rounded perspective of transformative learning. The TLES proved reliable where the sub-scale Alpha reliability ranged from 0.71 to 0.93 and a separate affect scale of Satisfaction was 0.95. The standardized regression coefficient between Satisfaction and the sub-scale of Student-Acting demonstrated the strongest positive association (0.27), followed closely by Disorienting Dilemma-Environment (0.24). The qualitative results supported the quantitative associations in most cases, but not all. The qualitative aspect to this present study offers a deeper look -- beyond just statistical outcomes -- using students' own voices to explain their perspectives related to transformative learning.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas (San Antonio)
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