IS TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING THE ONE THAT PROVIDES TRANSFORMATIVE CAPABILITIES?
Keywords:
transformative learning, transformative capabilities,Abstract
The article intents to present, to some extent, if the transformative learning, which
has a powerful influence on promoting critical reflection on assumptions and
interpretations to engage not just the intellect but affect, identity, worldview, beliefs
and values (Mezirow, 2000; Sterling 2011), has certain contributions to students’
transformative capabilities. Transformative capability, related to transformative
learning, implies the capacity to learn, innovate and bring about appropriate
change and it is connected with the „learning outcomesâ€, seeded by the
Universities in order to be similar with the „competences†required by the labour
market.
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