In today’s educational institutions and practices? How does the notion of transformative learning square with the pressures of employability, and can transformative learning give learners greater autonomy vis-à-vis such pressures? This conference is for educators, practitioners, researchers and students from different disciplines who are interested in exploring theories and practices of transformative learning. A wide range of questions will be considered, for example:
· Are theories of transformative learning correct to suggest that transformation begins with a loss of orientation, with
dissonance and with liminality?
dissonance and with liminality?
· How can we incorporate dissonance in our teaching in a manner that is deliberate without being patronising?
· And how can such dissonance creatively enhance, rather than undermine, our ability to act in a complex world?
Transformative Learning takes place at the University of Kent.