Hello All:

The term "transformative" is used by Jack Mezirow (Transformative Learning), 
as well as by Donna Mertens (the transformative paradigm, as distinct from
the post-positivist and constructivist paradigms) in her book Mertens, D. M. 
(2005). Research and evaluation in education and psychology: Integrating 
diversity with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. (2nd ed.). 
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

As a work on research methods in human fields, Mertens' text develops the 
"pragmatic paradigm" that is really (as I read it) a mixture of all the 
paradigms, i.e., where statistical (post-positivist) methods are critically 
integrated with, for instance, interviews and other evaluative methods to 
gain a comprehensive view of specific research interests and their 
(sometimes transformative) applications in specific action-research 
contexts.

Regards,

Catherine King
Adjunct Instructor
Department of Teacher Education
National University
San Diego, CA


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> Certainly Myles Horton, The Highlander School and the popular education 

> "freedom schools" of the 1930's through the present can claim a kind of 

> emancipatory education tradition in United States.  Also, certain 

> applications of the theories of Malcolm Knowles through Jack Mezirow can 

> also be considered emancipatory.

>

> Many, many adult educators in the United States will claim the heirtage of 

> Paolo Freire... and therefore emancipatory critical andradogy.

>

> Bob Harper

> Director, Watsonville-Aptos Adult Education

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> The term "emancipatory education" for me has connotations of the leftist

> liberation theology movement in Latin America. Is there any connnection

> here?

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> Craig Alinder

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>> For those of who you have not checked out the Adult Literacy Education

>> Wiki, the address is  http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page

>>

>> One of the recent changes to the Adult Literacy Education Wiki is the

>> inclusion

>> of frequently asked questions in each section. You can see an example of

>> this in

>> the section on technology:

>> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/AleTechnologyQuestions

>>

>> I would like to update and change the list for learner emancipatory and

>> participatory education. This section of the wiki can be found at

>> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Participatory_and_Emancipatory_Education

>>

>> Do members of this list have questions they would think are typical about

>> the topic of emanicipatory or participatory education?

>>

>> Thanks.

>>

>> Erik Jacobson

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