Transformation Theory
Transformation Theory is a "comprehensive, idealized, and universal model...of adult learning"[1]
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Notes
This adult learning theory is colonial. It is a) hierarchical, b) puts authority at the center, and c) constructs authority as beyond transformation.[2]. This is "particularly pernicious because it powerfully asserts the legitimacy of authority, thereby fixing inferiority (Williams & Brant, 2019) in the mind of the student"[3] It also ignores a critical component of Indigenous learning systems which is transformations that come via connection to various others, whether those others are in a body or not [4].
Footnotes
- ↑ Jack Mezirow, “Understanding Transformation Theory,” Adult Education Quarterly 44, no. 4 (December 1, 1994): p. 222, doi:10.1177/074171369404400403
- ↑ Williams, Keith, and Suzanne Brant. “Good Words, Good Food, Good Mind: Restoring Indigenous Identities and Ecologies through Transformative Learning.” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 9, no. 2 (2019): 131–44
- ↑ Williams, Keith, and Suzanne Brant. “Good Words, Good Food, Good Mind: Restoring Indigenous Identities and Ecologies through Transformative Learning.” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 9, no. 2 (2019): 131–44
- ↑ Williams, Keith, and Mike Sosteric. “Transformation Theory and Indigenous Pedagogy,” July 6, 2023.
