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Transformative Learning Meets Bildung

An International Exchange

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Editors:
  1. Anna Laros

    1. School of Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland

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  2. Thomas Fuhr

    1. Freiburg University of Education, Germany

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  3. Edward W. Taylor

    1. Penn State University – Harrisburg, USA

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  • Throughout their lives, adults re-interpret and change assumptions they held to be true in earlier stages of life
  • Transformative learning theories and Bildung theories provide powerful frameworks to analyze such learning
  • This book presents two profound theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and practical concepts on transformation and learning

Part of the book series: International Issues in Adult Education (ADUL)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Overview on Bildung and Transformative Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Bildung

      • Thomas Fuhr
      Pages 3-15

    3. Transformative Learning Theory

      • Edward W. Taylor
      Pages 17-29

  3. Transformative Learning and Transformative Bildung

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Bildung as a Transformative Process

      • Hans-Christoph Koller
      Pages 33-42

    3. A Subject-Theoretical Perspective on Transformative Learning and Transformative Bildung

      • Joachim Ludwig
      Pages 43-55

    4. Bildung as Transformation of Self-World-Relations

      • Thomas Neubauer, Annika Lehmann
      Pages 57-69

  5. Theoretical Approaches to Bildung and Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Bildung and Humanist Learning

      • Rene V. Arcilla
      Pages 119-126

    3. Hermeneutic Phenomenology Meets Transformative Learning

      • Giuseppina D’Addelfio
      Pages 127-140

    4. Transformative Learning Theory and Systems Thinking

      • Saskia Eschenbacher
      Pages 141-152

    5. Transformative Learning, Bildung and Biographical Research

      • Heide von Felden
      Pages 153-161

  6. The Role of the Other in Bildung and Transformative Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. From Self-Directed Learning to Self-Formation: Transforming the Self through Bildung?

      • Jerome Eneau
      Pages 165-177
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About this book

This edited volume sets the groundwork for a dialogue between transformative learning and continental theories of Bildung in adulthood. Both theoretical frameworks bring meaning to the complex learning process of individuals as they develop a more critical worldview. In this volume, a variety of authors from different countries and theoretical backgrounds offer new understandings about Bildung and transformative learning through discussion of theoretical analyses, educational practices, and empirical research. As a result, readers gain greater insight into these theories and related implications for teaching for change. From the various chapters an exciting relationship between both theories begins to emerge and provides impetus for greater discussion and further research about two important theories of change in the field of adult education.


Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland

    Anna Laros

  • Freiburg University of Education, Germany

    Thomas Fuhr

  • Penn State University – Harrisburg, USA

    Edward W. Taylor

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transformative Learning Meets Bildung

  • Book Subtitle: An International Exchange

  • Editors: Anna Laros, Thomas Fuhr, Edward W. Taylor

  • Series Title: International Issues in Adult Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-797-9

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-797-9Published: 28 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 400

  • Topics: Education, general

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