Abstracts
Abstract
This article presents a perspective on the current state of transformative learning theory. It shows how the literature surrounding transformative learning caused it to evolve into a metatheory. This article then offers a definition of transformative learning as a, as well as three criteria that delimit the learning phenomena that the metatheory encompasses. To illustrate how scholars might evaluate epistemological change in terms of its part in an overall transformation, this article explores how and when epistemological change can be considered transformative.
Keywords:
- Transformative learning,
- Theory,
- Metatheory,
- Epistemology
Résumé
Cet article propose une mise en perspective de l’état actuel de la théorie de l’apprentissage transformateur. Il montre comment la littérature scientifique à propos de l’apprentissage transformateur a conduit à ce qu’il se structure progressivement en métathéorie. Cet article propose également une définition de l’apprentissage transformateur ainsi que trois critères qui le caractérisent. Cet article analyse in fine les conditions d’évolution épistémologique du construit d’apprentissage transformateur en métathéorie.
Mots-clés :
- l’apprentissage transformateur,
- théorie,
- métathéorie,
- épistémologie
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