The Cognitive Spectrum of Transformative Learning

• Published in: Journal of transformative education Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 139 - 162
• Main Author: Dix, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Adult Learning; Figurative Language; Imagery; Imagination; Learning Theories; Metacognition; Role; Schemata (Cognition); Transformative Learning; adult development; critical reflection; transformative learning

Although different transformative learning theories have been described in the literature, a detailed integrative theory is yet to emerge. I argue that unduly intellectualist assumptions regarding cognition have hampered current understandings and have obscured transformative learning's cogniti...