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Transformative Learning TO BE A BETTER EDUCATOR?

Nancy Franz Assoc. Dean for Extension and Outreach for Families and 4-H Youth Director, ISUE to Families ISU College of Human Sciences. Transformative Learning TO BE A BETTER EDUCATOR?. Approaches to Extension’s Educational Mission. CONTENT. LOW. HIGH. FACILITATION. TRANSFORMATIVE

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Transformative Learning TO BE A BETTER EDUCATOR?

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  1. Nancy Franz Assoc. Dean for Extension and Outreach for Families and 4-H Youth Director, ISUE to Families ISU College of Human Sciences Transformative Learning TO BE A BETTER EDUCATOR?

  2. Approaches to Extension’s Educational Mission CONTENT LOW HIGH FACILITATION TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION P R O C E S S HIGH SERVICE CONTENT TRANSMISSION LOW D. M. Ewert, 2001

  3. A prominent adult education theory • Individuals, groups, and organizations arrive at a new perspective and action that greatly differs from past views and behaviors (that improves their lives) • Deep • Pervasive • Sustained What is Transformative learning?

  4. Don’t love clients and then leave them – stay with them It’s about them, not about us Meet people where they are at through service, content, and facilitation- then deepen and broaden the education and experience for transformation Create IEPs or program chains for audiences moving towards transformation

  5. Strong partner facilitation Critical reflection Critical events Fundamental difference between partners wrapped in similar purpose Independence with interdependence Context Learning Environment conditions that Enhance Transformative Learning in Extension

  6. Actions taken by both partners through a variety of methods (talking, stretching, pushing each other) Supportive social and supervisory relationships Mentoring and support from “the other” Strong Partner Facilitation

  7. Reflective events/moments Facilitated group processes Examining beliefs and assumptions Critical Reflection

  8. Pushed outside a comfort zone (or two) Trigger events Disorienting dilemma/disorientation Critical Events

  9. Common group goals within a diverse group • Common goal • Diverse perspectives/way of being Difference Between partners Wrapped in Similar Purpose

  10. Practice independence in a safe environment Build trust with partners Well being of learner and teacher Independence with Interdependence

  11. Traditions and rituals Simple lifestyle Individual readiness for change Freedom from constraints Alternative way of being is possible Context

  12. We need to help people think and act differently and be open to the same happening to ourselves in the process We are no longer just the expert, we are the architect of learning environments where context and expertise in specialized chains create deep and lasting change Overall

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