Transformative Pedagogy in Women Studies
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Keywords
lifelong learning skills, transformative education, women empowerment
Abstract
This is a case study that looked into the pedagogy of transformative education applied to a course in Women Studies in one of the Teacher Education Institutions based in Manila, Philippines. Two sets of cases were included in this study. the first set were the twenty (20) students who facilitated the action research and the second set were the fifteen (15) women who developed the projects in one of the communities in Manila. It investigated how various action research projects of students in Women Studies were able to develop lifelong learning skills that led to empowerment of women in the community. These lifelong learning skills acquired by women include acquiring new mindset, strength of character, sharing one's knowledge, having new disposition in life, taking care of one's body and building self-confidence, patience and resiliency. Lifelong learning skills were not limited to the women in the community. Since students of Women Studies developed action research projects, the process enabled the students to have a deeper understanding of gender issues and women empowerment, self knowledge and application of theories and concepts on Women Studies to real life situation.
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Cranton P. &Taylor E.W. (2012). Transformative: Seeking a more unified theory in E.W. Taylor & P. Cranton (Eds). The Handbook on Transformative Learning: Theory, Research And Practices p. 3-20, San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass
Dark, J.M. (2000). Transformative learning and the journey of individuation. ERIC Digest, No. 223. Columbus OH: ERIC Clearing House on Adult Career and Vocational Education
Dix, M. 2015. The cognitive spectrum of transformative learning. Journal of transformative education. 1-24. UK: Sage Publications
Dirkx, J.M. and Mezirow, J. (2006). Musings and reflections on the meaning, context, and process of transformative learning. Journal of Transformative Education Vol 4 No. 2, Sage Publications, pp 123-140
Fetherston, B. & Kelly, R. 2007. Conflict resolution and transformative pedagogy: A grounded research project on learning in higher education. 5(3), 262 285, UK: Sage Publications
Irving, C.J. and English, L. M. Proceedings of the 52nd National Conference of the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) and the 30th National Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), S. Carpenter, S. Dossa & B.J. Osborne, Eds. OISE-University of Toronto, June 9-12, 2011, pp. 305-312.
Lange, E. (2012). Is Freemen transformative learning the Trojan horse of globalization and enemy of sustainability education? A response to C. A. Bowers. 10(1) 3-21, Journal of Transformative Education. UK: Sage Publications
McGonigal, K. (2005). Teaching for transformation: from learning theory to teaching strategies. Speaking of teaching newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 2. USA: Stanford University.
Malkki, K and Green, L .2014. Navigational Aids: The phenomenology of transformative learning. Vol 12 (1) 5-24. UK: Sage Publications
Mezirow, J. & associates (2000). Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a theory in progress. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Mezirow, J. 2003. Transformative Learning and Discourse. Journal of transformative education, 1(1), January 2003, 58-63, Sage Publications
Moore, J.M. (2005). The transtheoretical model of the stages of change and the phases of transformative learning. Journal of transformative education, 3(4), pp. 394-415, Sage Publications
Nicolaides A. and Dzubinski, L. (2015). Collaborative Developmental Action Inquiry: An Opportunity for Transformative Learning to Occur? Journal of Transformative Education, 1-19. UK: Sage Publications
Poutiatine, M.I. 2009. What is transformation? Nine principles toward an understanding transformational process for transformational leadership. Journal Of Transformative Education. 7(3) 189-208. UK: Sage Publications
Taylor, E.W. (2008). Transformative learning theory. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no. 119, Fall 2008 © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Retrieved from (www.interscience.wiley.com)
Vogelsang M.R. (1993). Transformative experiences of female adult students. An unpublished dissertation from the Iowa state university, USA.
World Conferences on Women. UN Women. Retrieved from: http://www.unwomen.org/en/how-wework/intergovernmental-support/world-conferences-on-women
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Jul 31, 2018
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Reyes, Z. Q., & Valencia, M. C. (2018). Transformative Pedagogy in Women Studies. AsTEN Journal of Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.56278/asten.v0i0.831
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