Jack Mezirow’s Transformational Learning
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JACK MEZIROW’S TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING Margaret DiVito Walden University March 2010
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JACK MEZIROW’S TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING
Margaret DiVitoWalden UniversityMarch 2010
Do you know Jack?
Transformative Learning Concerns:
Mezirow’s Definition of Learning
The process of using a prior interpretation to construe a new or a revised interpretation of the meaning of one’s experience in order to guide future action.
Frames of Reference
…these operate below our level of awareness… …there is more awareness for these…
Habits of Mind Points of View
Habits of Mind
A set of assumptions – broad, generalized, orienting dispositions that act as a filter for interpreting meaning.
PREDISPOSITIONS
Points of View
Immediate specific beliefsFeelings
AttitudesValue judgments
Critical Reflection
Four Levels of Transformative Learning
• Existing frames of reference
• Learning new frames of reference
• Transforming a point of view
• Transforming a habit of mind
Mezirow’s Steps in Transformational Learning
Disorienting dilemmaSelf-examinationCritical assessment of AssumptionsRecognizing that others have gone through a similar processExploring options for formulating a new plan of actionAcquiring knowledge and skillTrying out new rolesRenegotiating relationshipsBuilding competenceReintegration back into one’s life based on the new, transformed perspective
Criticism of Mezirow’s Transformational Learning
Egocentric
Cognitive emphasis
Incompleteness
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