Chris Heape wrote:
... Clearly, transformative learning can not just be about experience
and trial and error, but involves reflection and importantly, understanding
something and constructing and using theory.
One way to encourage transformative learning is to force learners to teach.
I don't know if anyone else has noticed how seasoned lecturers behave like
students when being taught (have expectations about theory and understanding
being imposed) and students behave like lecturers when asked to teach (have
expectations about being able to make connections between theory and
understanding)
Dr John V H Bonner
Principal Lecturer
Dept of Multimedia and Information Systems
School of Computing and Engineering
Huddersfield University
Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
http://scom.hud.ac.uk/scomjvb/
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