Institutionalizing Transformative Learning: The Trees, Then the Forest, Then the Realization

Autor/inn/en	Cunliff, Ed; King, Jeff
Titel	Institutionalizing Transformative Learning: The Trees, Then the Forest, Then the Realization
Quelle	In: Metropolitan Universities, 29 (2018) 3, S.8-24 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1047-8485
Schlagwörter	Transformative Learning; Institutional Mission; Strategic Planning; Metropolitan Areas; Universities; Case Studies; College Faculty; College Students; Student Centered Learning; Personality Traits; Middle Management; Power Structure; College Administration; Cooperation; Oklahoma + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pädagogische Transformation; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Ballungsraum; University; Universität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Mittlere Führungskraft; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Co-operation; Kooperation
Abstract	Finding a sense of authentic self as an institution, a true sense of mission, and the means to live that mission were the central focus of a strategic planning process addressed by the University of Central Oklahoma about fifteen years ago. As the institution grew within a metropolitan-serving mission, the goal to transform students from adolescents to adults and find new potential in their lives led to an exciting journey that is still vibrant and relevant today. The theoretical base provided within transformative learning has helped students, staff, and faculty align efforts. This case study provides replicable processes and specifics that may help others find a clearer path for fulfilling their mission. The study describes how the University of Central Oklahoma's (UCO's) transformative learning focus coalesced and became the point of distinction for a UCO education, helping to ensure that all activity supported our mission--helping students learn. The compelling, lived sense of mission developed from the initial strategic planning process has helped to strengthen the learner-centered culture of the campus while providing a structure that facilitates implementation and assessment. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252. Tel: 410-704-3700; Fax: 410-704-2152; e-mail: cumu@towson.edu; Web site: http://www.cumuonline.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01