Transformative Learning, Autonomous Thinking
Loretta Howard, Ed.D
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A defining condition of being human is that we have to understand the meaning of our experience. For some, any uncritically assimilated explanation by an authority figure will suffice. But in contemporary societies we must learn to make our own interpretations rather than act on the purposes, beliefs, judgments, and feelings of others. Facilitating such understandings is the cardinal goal of adult education. Transformative learning develops autonomous thinking.
— Jack Mezirow, “Transformative Learning: Theory to Practice,” 1997
