At Home with the Mavericks: Student and Teacher Perspectives of the Transformative Potential of Glasser's Choice Theory at an Alternative Secondary School

Autor/in	Lyngstad, Michael
Titel	At Home with the Mavericks: Student and Teacher Perspectives of the Transformative Potential of Glasser's Choice Theory at an Alternative Secondary School
Quelle	In: Journal of Transformative Education, 21 (2023) 3, S.391-408 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lyngstad, Michael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1541-3446
DOI	10.1177/15413446221130363
Schlagwörter	Nontraditional Education; School Choice; Guidelines; Transformative Learning; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Alumni; Empathy; Behavior Change; Attitude Change; Communities of Practice; High School Students; High School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Behavior Theories; Institutional Characteristics; Language Usage; Phenomenology; Metacognition; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Richtlinien; Pädagogische Transformation; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Empathie; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Community; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Sprachgebrauch; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Kanada
Abstract	This study uses a framework of transformative learning theory to explore fourteen participants' experiences with learning William Glasser's Choice Theory. The researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with students, staff and alumni of an alternative secondary school in order to explore their perspectives on the transformative potential of a local option course based on Choice Theory. Findings point to Choice Theory having a positive influence on experiences of personal transformation and increased empathy among participants including changes to habits of mind, frames of reference and reworking of meaning schemes and perspectives. Participants also communicated the importance of learning the language of Choice Theory and of being embedded within a shared community of practice around the techniques and theory of Choice Theory to achieving and maintaining a mindset of transformation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01