Gaia: "Thinking Like a Planet" as Transformative Learning

Autor/in	Haigh, Martin
Titel	Gaia: "Thinking Like a Planet" as Transformative Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 38 (2014) 1, S.49-68 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8265
DOI	10.1080/03098265.2012.763161
Schlagwörter	Transformative Learning; Ecology; Physical Geography; Learning Theories; Scientific Concepts; Student Journals; World Views; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pädagogische Transformation; Ökologie; Physische Geografie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Studentenzeitung; World view; Weltanschauung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Transformative learning may involve gentle perspective widening or something more traumatic. This paper explores the impact of a transformative pedagogy in a course that challenges learners to "think like a planet". Among six sources of intellectual anxiety, learners worry about: why Gaia Theory is neglected by their other courses; the removal of humans from "crown of creation" status; Gaia's unfamiliar multibillion-year timescales, comprehending the world system as a whole; the array of weaker and stronger Gaia concepts; and the diversity of viewpoints among classmates. Analysis finds that most learners coped with this exercise although some achieved this by compartmentalization. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10