Transformations within the Classroom Experience. "The Light Bulb Just Went On."

Autor/in	Wolf, Mary Alice
Titel	Transformations within the Classroom Experience. "The Light Bulb Just Went On."
Quelle	(1999), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adult Development; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Aging (Individuals); Educational Research; Gerontology; Graduate Students; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Transformative Learning; Undergraduate Students; Undergraduate Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erwachsenwerden; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Aging; Altern; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Gerontologie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Pädagogische Transformation; Grundstudium
Abstract	A study explored learners' understanding of their own changing perceptions as they study the theory and research of aging and track their development in personal journals. The writings of 280 graduate and undergraduate students in gerontology classes, aged 18-75, were analyzed for personal assessments of their own learning. Among the themes that emerged, personal transitions and psychological transformations were prominent. Specifically cited were generational awareness, differentiation of others' meaning systems, and the realization that growth can be a costly emotional process. Taken as a whole, it is clear that adult learning is very dynamic. It involves differentiation--separation from what one knew before--and reconnection--seeing things in a new light. (Contains 24 references.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01