Self, other and transformative learning
Pre-service teachers’ knowing in a Culture-Writing course at a Chinese university
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21555674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daisy Binfang Wu (0009-0006-8409-8157, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 753-766 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Higher Education Research & Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0729-4360 • E-ISSN: 1469-8366 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07294360.2023.2253156 |
| OpenAlex | W4386802628 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
This article presents an ethnographic case study of pre-service teachers’ transformative learning in a Culture-Writing course at a Chinese university. In recounting three stories with fieldwork data gleaned from moments of students’ pre-class discussions, reflective writings, and reports on term-paper projects, this study showcases how a group of student-teachers transformed the self through getting to know and/or re-understanding other(s). Learning to ‘write culture’, as their teacher led them to see, is to appreciate the lifeworlds of others and further to destabilise taken-for-granted assumptions, beliefs, and understandings, thereby leading towards transformation. I argue that transformative learning takes place in the process of knowing and rebuilding the self in relationships with other(s). It constitutes moments of critical shift that place the self and identity in a more reflexive, relational, and reversible position within specific socio-cultural contexts. This study contributes to the ongoing discussions on transformative education by illuminating how other(s) play a role in promoting pre-service teachers’ transformation in a classroom-based course
Constructive · Epistemology · Ethnography · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Reflective writing · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |