"Transformative Learning" sounds quite absurd and ridiculous at first sight but these two words contain in them the magic of change,these revolutionary set of alphabets can change the way we perceive things.Many define 'Transformative Learning' as the expansion of consciousness through the transformation of basic world view and specific capacities of the self .This in-depth definition though sounds spine-chilling and horrifying contains in it the true meaning of education and answers the question of the need for education.In an elegantly simple way we can redefine it as the idea of people changing the way they interpret their experiences and their interactions with the world.when someone undergoes such a change he has in essence "transformed" his view of himself or of the world or of how he interacts with others and his environment.This is exactly what every educational system should aspire to accomplish in their student's lives and in their learning.Through this process the student undergoes an affirmative transformation which opens the doors in building a successful individual ready to face the difficulties and the challenges the society faces.
In order to foster transformative learning the educator plays an important role in assisting learners to become aware and critical of assumptions This includes their own assumptions that lead to their interpretations ,beliefs, habits of mind ,or points of view ,as well as the assumptions of others. Educators must provide learners practice in recognizing the frames of reference. By doing so ,educators encourage practice in redefining problems from different perspectives. The main goal of the educators should be to create a community of learners who are "united in a shared experience of trying to make meaning of their life experience".
Nowadays, education has turned into a rat race where everyone steps in to win the race without the prior knowledge of knowing what their interests are,what they really want to see them as in the future.But this current educational system has tied them up to just getting good grades,cgpas etc which is quite a matter of deep concern as the future of the world as a whole is the current generation and their ideologies need to be directed in the right way for a directed and a cheerful society to live in.Education system has to realise the need for change in their functioning and has to set up a
system which would promote transformative learning and not rote memorizing and mugging up things for exams.The whole idea of education needs to change and become focused on bringing up "transformed" individuals who would surely contribute to the society in making it a beautiful place to live in.
In order to foster transformative learning the educator plays an important role in assisting learners to become aware and critical of assumptions This includes their own assumptions that lead to their interpretations ,beliefs, habits of mind ,or points of view ,as well as the assumptions of others. Educators must provide learners practice in recognizing the frames of reference. By doing so ,educators encourage practice in redefining problems from different perspectives. The main goal of the educators should be to create a community of learners who are "united in a shared experience of trying to make meaning of their life experience".
Nowadays, education has turned into a rat race where everyone steps in to win the race without the prior knowledge of knowing what their interests are,what they really want to see them as in the future.But this current educational system has tied them up to just getting good grades,cgpas etc which is quite a matter of deep concern as the future of the world as a whole is the current generation and their ideologies need to be directed in the right way for a directed and a cheerful society to live in.Education system has to realise the need for change in their functioning and has to set up a
system which would promote transformative learning and not rote memorizing and mugging up things for exams.The whole idea of education needs to change and become focused on bringing up "transformed" individuals who would surely contribute to the society in making it a beautiful place to live in.
The idea of promoting transformative education should be taken by each individual from now and become a medium to make others realise how important it is for an individual to grow in true sense transform into a valuable citizen for the society and realise that they are humans not factory made machines!!
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