Musings and Reflections on the Meaning, Context, and Process of Transformative Learning: A Dialogue Between John M. Dirkx and Jack Mezirow

Journal of Transformative Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-139

  Dirkx, John M ^a   Mezirow, Jack ^b   Cranton, Patricia ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affective learning; epistemic assumption; frame of reference; self knowledge; transformation process; transformative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990350774     PISSN: 15413446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541344606287503     Document Type: Article

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