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A Novel Idea

Researching Transformative Learning in Fiction

By: Randee Lipson Lawrence,Patricia Cranton

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A Novel Idea

Researching Transformative Learning in Fiction

By: Randee Lipson Lawrence,Patricia Cranton

Lawrence and Cranton present a unique research methodology involving fictional characters as research participants. Transformative learning themes are identified through a content analysis of six contemporary novels. The characters from these novels are invited to come to a virtual space, the Butterfly Café where they engage in a series of dialogues on the research themes related to their transformative learning experiences. Each of the dialogues is followed by a debriefing session to deepen the understanding of the original themes Readers are given a window into Lawrence and Cranton’s analysis and interpretive process as they engage in dialogue with Celie from the Color Purple, Macon from Accidental Tourist, Mariam and Laila from A Thousand Splendid Suns, and others. The dialogues become a story within the stories told in the novels. The end product is the introduction of a new model of transformative learning based on a metaphor of planting, cultivating, and growing seeds. Central to the model is becoming conscious, a process that appeared in each of the novels. Readers will find insights into transformative learning that are outside of the standard academic treatment of the topic. Moving the research into the realm of fiction provides the opportunity for a creative exploration of transformative learning. Yet, since fiction inevitably mirrors reality, readers will be able to relate the analysis, the dialogues, and the ensuing model to their own lives and to their adult education practice.

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Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Learning in Adult Education

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 134

By: Randee Lipson Lawrence

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Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Learning in Adult Education

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 134

By: Randee Lipson Lawrence

Explore the multiple ways adults learn through their bodies. Embodied or somatic learning is a way of learning that relies on the body’s knowledge. Our most basic form of learning in childhood is preverbal; however, traditional schooling forces us to check our bodies at the door, requiring us to sit at a desk and raise our hands, focusing primarily on cognition to the exclusion of other ways of knowing. By the time we reach adulthood, “being in our bodies” is a foreign concept and a source of discomfort for many of us. This volume challenges the dominant paradigm of how knowledge is constructed and shared. Embodied learning is examined through a variety of practice contexts, including higher education, community education, health care, and the workplace, and through multiple methods, including dance, theater, and outdoor experiential education. This is 134th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of adult and continuing education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.

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A Novel Idea

Researching Transformative Learning in Fiction

By: Randee Lipson Lawrence,Patricia Cranton

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Researching Transformative Learning in Fiction

By: Randee Lipson Lawrence,Patricia Cranton

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A Novel Idea

A Novel Idea

Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Learning in Adult Education

Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Learning in Adult Education

A Novel Idea

A Novel Idea

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