Documentation:ISW/Lesson Plan/Theme Session/Transformative Learning (Mezirow)
Overview
Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Discuss the complexities related to learning
- Identify stages of Mezirow's Transformative Learning Theory
Activity 1: Disorienting Dilemma
Challenge the definition of learning
Activity 2: Mezirow's Theory of Transformative Learning
introduction of theory; stages
offer some possible ways to start thinking about including opportunities for transformative learning
Activity 3: Application
participants reflect on their own teaching contexts and consider ways to apply this concept
Module Credits
This module is currently under development by Lucas Wright and Deborah Chen at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) at UBC- Vancouver.
Resources
Teaching for Transformation: From Learning Theory to Teaching Strategies, https://tomprof.stanford.edu/posting/759
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