Transformative Learning theory

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This paper looks at the transformative learning theory of Jack Mezirow, and an alternative perspective on the theory by Robert Boyd. It looks at the transformative learning process and how it is thought to work by examining the transformative process in changing a person's perspective of the world.

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"Transformative learning theory, developed by Jack Mezirow, states that learning occurs through autonomous thinking and that the centrality of experience, critical thinking and rational discourse, are three common themes in transformative learning. Transformative learning theory was developed by Mezirow and, although he is the major developer of the theory, other perspectives on the theory have emerged based on the work of Robert Boyd. Mezirow's theory developed into a comprehensive and complex description of how learners construe, validate and reformulate the meaning of their experience."

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