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What is the primary focus of the Neurobiological stance in transformative education?
What is the primary focus of the Neurobiological stance in transformative education?
Which approach is commonly associated with the Cultural-Spiritual stance in transformative education?
Which approach is commonly associated with the Cultural-Spiritual stance in transformative education?
What does the Planetary stance primarily seek to address in education?
What does the Planetary stance primarily seek to address in education?
In which approach do learners experience discomfort to facilitate discovery?
In which approach do learners experience discomfort to facilitate discovery?
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What is the ultimate purpose of the Psychoanalytic stance in transformative education?
What is the ultimate purpose of the Psychoanalytic stance in transformative education?
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Which statement best describes the Phenomenological stance in transformative education?
Which statement best describes the Phenomenological stance in transformative education?
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What aspect does the Cultural-Spiritual stance primarily aim to develop among learners?
What aspect does the Cultural-Spiritual stance primarily aim to develop among learners?
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What is a common element of the Planetary stance's approach?
What is a common element of the Planetary stance's approach?
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What is the primary focus of the Psychocritical or Cognitive-Rational theory?
What is the primary focus of the Psychocritical or Cognitive-Rational theory?
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What is a key approach taken in the Psychodevelopmental theory?
What is a key approach taken in the Psychodevelopmental theory?
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In the Race-Centric theory, who are typically the subjects of the transformative experience?
In the Race-Centric theory, who are typically the subjects of the transformative experience?
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The Social-Emancipatory or Consciousness-Raising theory emphasizes which of the following?
The Social-Emancipatory or Consciousness-Raising theory emphasizes which of the following?
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What is a significant outcome of the Psychocritical or Cognitive-Rational theory?
What is a significant outcome of the Psychocritical or Cognitive-Rational theory?
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Which approach is used in the Race-Centric theory?
Which approach is used in the Race-Centric theory?
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What transformational effect does the Psychodevelopmental theory aim to achieve for students?
What transformational effect does the Psychodevelopmental theory aim to achieve for students?
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What does the practice of engaging in 'praxis' in the Social-Emancipatory theory entail?
What does the practice of engaging in 'praxis' in the Social-Emancipatory theory entail?
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Study Notes
Stances of Transformative Education
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Cultural-Spiritual Focus:
- Focuses on learner knowledge construction (narratives) during transformative learning.
- Examines the connections between individuals and social structures.
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Cultural-Spiritual Approach:
- Uses storytelling on personal and social levels through group inquiry.
- Teachers collaborate with learners emphasizing group inquiry and narrative reasoning.
- Develops cross-cultural relationships and spiritual awareness in learners.
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Neurobiological Focus:
- Based on the concept that brain structure changes during learning.
- Learning is viewed as volitional, curiosity-based, discovery-driven, and mentor-assisted.
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Neurobiological Approach:
- Learners experience discomfort before discovery.
- Learning is rooted in individual experiences, needs, and interests.
- Learning is enhanced by emotive, sensory, and kinesthetic experiences.
- Restructures individual learners' ways of making meaning in the world.
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Phenomenological Focus:
- Intellectual, psychological, and moral dimensions of learning to foster personal and social change.
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Phenomenological Approach:
- Learners prepare to be knowers, doers, and beings for a meaningful life.
- Develops learner's awareness of their own and others' thoughts, language, and reasoning.
- Enables learners to strategize their thinking with specific intentions.
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Planetary Focus:
- Addresses fundamental educational issues holistically.
- Recognizes interconnectedness among universe, planet, nature, community, and individuals.
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Planetary Approach:
- Reorganizes political, social, and educational systems for learners.
- Helps learners understand their perspectives on their human counterparts and the physical world.
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Psychoanalytic Focus:
- A lifelong process of individuation (understanding oneself).
- Originates from Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theories.
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Psychoanalytic Approach:
- Individuals understand their identities via reflection on psychic structures.
- Helps in discovering new talents, empowerment, confidence, and self-understanding.
- Fosters self-responsibility and a deeper understanding of one's inner self.
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Psychocritical/Cognitive-Rational Focus:
- Aims for change by developing autonomous thinking in adult learners.
- Focuses on the individual learner's cognitive and rational processes.
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Psychocritical/Cognitive-Rational Approach:
- Learners become critically reflective of their assumptions underlying intentions, values, beliefs, and feelings.
- Learners engage in discourse to critically examine evidence, arguments, and alternate perspectives.
- Develops autonomous thinking in adults.
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Psychodevelopmental Focus:
- Leads to epistemological change (meaning-making adjustments).
- Explores how education helps learners understand their lives.
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Psychodevelopmental Approach:
- Characterized by intuitive, holistic, and contextually-based learning
- Mentors guide students' learning journeys based on their social settings.
- Enables students to transition through developmental stages and evolve during the processes.
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Race-Centric Focus:
- Primarily focuses on people of African descent, often Black women, within transformative experiences.
- Highlighting the social-political aspects of learning.
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Race-Centric Approach:
- Engaging in polyrhythmic realities of lived experience within various sociocultural, political, and historical contexts.
- Fostering inclusion and empowerment.
- Improving the ability to negotiate effectively within and across cultures.
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Social-Emancipatory/Consciousness-Raising Focus:
- Aims to foster critical consciousness in learners.
- Promotes political liberation and freedom from social oppression.
- Learners to critically analyze and take action on social, political, cultural, and economic issues that impact their life.
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Social-Emancipatory/Consciousness-Raising Approach:
- Learners engage in praxis (action-reflection) interactions that promote dialogue and problem-solving.
- Develops awareness of social structures contributing to inequality and oppression.
- Learners gain freedom by reflecting on and transforming their world.
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This quiz explores the various stances of transformative education, highlighting cultural-spiritual and neurobiological approaches. Participants will learn about the importance of narrative, storytelling, and brain structure in shaping learning experiences. Delve into how these approaches foster cross-cultural relationships and individual discovery.
