Transformational Learning in Botswana: How Culture Shapes the Process

Autor/inn/en	Merriam, Sharan B.; Ntseane, Gabo
Titel	Transformational Learning in Botswana: How Culture Shapes the Process
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 58 (2008) 3, S.183-197 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713608314087
Schlagwörter	Transformative Learning; Foreign Countries; Adult Learning; Qualitative Research; World Views; Cultural Context; African Culture; Religious Factors; Interpersonal Relationship; Sex Role; Social Bias; Social Networks; Experience; Botswana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pädagogische Transformation; Ausland; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Qualitative Forschung; World view; Weltanschauung; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Geschlechterrolle; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Erfahrung
Abstract	Transformational learning as presented by Jack Mezirow has been critiqued for its Western, rational, and cognitive orientation. This qualitative study was conducted in the African nation of Botswana and examines how that culture shaped the process. In-depth interviews were held with 12 adults who acknowledged having an experience that had profoundly changed their view of themselves and/or their perspectives on the world. Spirituality and the metaphysical world, community responsibilities and relationships, and gender roles are 3 culturally specific factors embedded in how participants constructed the meaning of their experience; these factors are also evident in their changed perspective. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10