Trainers and Transformation: Facilitating the "Dark Side" of Vocational Learning

Autor/in	Hodge, Steven
Titel	Trainers and Transformation: Facilitating the "Dark Side" of Vocational Learning
Quelle	In: International Journal of Training Research, 8 (2010) 1, S.53-62 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1448-0220
Schlagwörter	Transformative Learning; Adult Learning; Teacher Role; Educational Research; Learning Theories; Youth; Employees; Educational Theories; Educational Philosophy; Critical Theory; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Vocational Education Teachers; Educational Policy; Training Methods; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pädagogische Transformation; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrerrolle; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Kritische Theorie; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Ausbilder; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Australien
Abstract	"Transformative learning" is a term used by Mezirow (1991) and his followers to designate a specifically "adult" kind of learning that involves shifts in how learners view the world and themselves. New research into learning in VET suggests that in some subject areas transformative learning may play more than an incidental role. Among the implications of this finding is that the trainer's practice may be more important in VET than it has been the custom to acknowledge. When transformative learning systematically contributes to VET, the trainer becomes a co-constructor of competence rather than a transmitter of skills and knowledge. This paper reports on this new research and reflects on the role of the trainer in the process of VET-oriented transformative learning. Results indicate that some trainers of youth workers develop a practice that responds to the contours and dangers of transformative learning without necessarily being aware of the body of knowledge that has built up around this type of learning. The paper suggests that in some VET sectors, trainers and RTOs could enhance their work by taking stock of transformative learning research and theory. (As Provided).
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